I was in my room, as usual sitting my back in my armchair and using my phone.

A few days have passed since I first published my book on Wattpad.

Right now, I was publishing the sixth chapter of my book and it still didn't have a lot of reads.

Nina was still leaving comments and voting for every chapter but Emilia was no longer reading my book.

She was probably just trying to be nice.

I sighed tapping my chin, thinking about what on earth I could do to help my book.

Call me impatient if you want, I've been writing for years and now that I have the confidence to share my stories with other people, I really want to succeed.

Wattpad was filled with all sorts of books. Mystery, thriller, romance non-fiction...

What if there was a book that could help me? A book that could give me some ideas on what to do.

I typed "How to become famous in Wattpad" then go the button that looked like a magnifying glass.

After a few seconds more than a hundred results showed up, some of them not even relating to what I was looking for.

I tapped on the first book that I found called Wattpad cheat codes because it looked like a reputable book. It had a lot of votes and about a hundred thousand reads.

I checked out the blurb underneath the book.

Are you looking for ways to make your books more popular?

Are you tired of being a Wattpad nobody hoping and waiting for a chance to shine?

Well, you've come to the right place.

I nodded approvingly before reading on.

Here in this book, you can find the basic cheat codes that every writer needs to become popular and famous.

Note; This book was not written with the intention to insult any race, nationality and ideology. Contains a lot of humour, do not take any of it personally.

I squinted my eyes wandering exactly how much humour the book contained.

I pressed the read button and the authors note appeared.

It was just an extension of the warnings on the blurb so I decided to skip it and move to the first chapter.

***

Presently, I was in the tenth chapter of the book.

I had laughed till my stomach began to hurt while reading a few chapters.

The writer, Runningsounds had compared writing to preparing a bowl of chicken soup.

But that wasn't the funniest part.

The funniest part of the book was this conversation that he used to illustrate desperation in writing.

AccountA has a backup account called accountB. This isn't a problem at all. It's good to have a backup account in case the main one gets deleted.

Using one account to vote for a book on the other is a problem. I'll use this conversation to illustrate how silly this is.

"You're so irrational Demi" Sammie said laughing at her "When will you ever learn?"

Account B: Your plot is so original. I love how funny Demi is.

Account A: Thank you so much. I think your writing is great too.

Account B: You're the best Account A. You're totally going to become a great writer some day.

Account A: No you're the best.

Account B: No way, you're the best.

Account A: That's flattering but you're totally the best.

And the worst part is that both accounts are owned by the same person.

I laughed out loud when I read this. I had cringed at some parts where the author has used cuss words but apart from that the book was pretty helpful.

And now I had some ideas on how to get my book some recognition.

I could hear my ringtone, blinding lights by the weekend.

I just wanna call
I've been on my own for long enough
Maybe you can show me how to love
Baby

Bobbing my head to the beat, I picked the phone because it was Amy calling.

"A video call, seriously?" I joked.

"Yes, A video call" She said bouncing back on her bed "You're lucky I didn't add Faruq, your hair is a mess"

"Oh my gosh" I said running a hand through my braids "Seriously?"

" Yeah" Amy said trying to point at my head "The parting isn't showing, you look like you just fought with tarzan and lost"

"Ha ha!" I said putting my hair back into place "Very funny"

She smirked at me while I managed to arrange my braids neatly.

"So why are you calling?" I asked.

"Nawa oh" She teased rolling her eyes at me "So I cannot video call my friend again"

"Not without a reason" I pointed out " If I run out of data, I won't be able to buy anymore for a few weeks"

My dad put restrictions on the way I buy data so that I wouldn't start using it irrationally. I was supposed to use one gigabyte every month. If I finished it before the month ended, bye bye data.

"I just missed your fine face" She said with a grin "looking at your display picture isn't the same"

"Awwn" I said grinning widely "I missed you too Amy, love the way you styled your hair"

"Thanks" She said touching her gelled hair. She had packed it into two bums and it looked really cool and curly .

"Oh, that reminds me" She said clapping her hands together "Guess what happened!"

"You got a boyfriend?" I asked lifting an eyebrow .

"No!" Amy said shaking her head " I've told you that I'm not ready for relationships Niyi"

"You won a million naira" I asked again.

"I wish" She said laughing heartily.

"Ladybug gave you a miraculous?" I asked biting my lips to avoid laughing .

Amy gave me a blank look "Ok, now you're just being plain dumb"

I burst into laughter.

"So" I said when I had stopped laughing "What is it?"

"My favourite tik toker of all time just followed me" She said beaming "I even made a video just to appreciate her"

"Are you referring to Fancy_Ellie?" I said my face scrunched up in confusion .

Fancy_Ellie was an American teenager in tik tok who loves to do song covers on tik tok. She was extremely talented and has thousands of followers.

"That's awesome" I said "congratulations I..."

"Is that Tayo in the background?" Amy interrupted Pointing again .

Oh snap! Curse my inability to observe what is going on around me.

Leaning on the arm of my chair and smiling madly at Amy was Tayo. I felt like sinking into the ground when I saw Amy cover her face with her hand.

"How long have you been here?" I gulped .

"I was eavesdropping at the door when you said A video call, seriously. I would have walked away but then... You have a crush on Faruq!"

Before my brother had graduated from Royalty high, he had been Faruq's school father. They had been almost inseparable during those times, giving Faruq some protection.

"Amy!" A voice shouted in the back ground

"Ma!" Amy yelled turning back. Then she quickly turned back to us.

" I have to go now " She said "My grandma needs me, see ya"

"Bye" I smiled. She cut the call and I turned to glare at my brother.

"How long have you been sitting beside me?" I asked folding my hands .

"Thirty seconds" He said frowning "Amy rattled me out"

"You won't tell Faruq, will you?" I asked Pouting.

"What do you take me for?" He asked feigning annoyance " A snitch?... Of course I won't tell Faruq"

"Thank you" I breathed out in relief.

"But you should tell him" He said moving over to my bed.

"He has a girlfriend" I said looking at him "He's not going to notice me"

"Just keep being there for him" Tayo said with a grin "He will eventually"

" Thanks Tayo" I said moving over to give him a hug.

"You're welcome" He said looking at my book shelf " So can I have one of the supa strika or Archie comics? "

I rolled my eyes smiling at him.