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Entry 10:
My big dilemma...

So here I am having two profiles, and I'm trying to stay active on both at the same time. It's an understatement to say I was overwhelmed by day 2! So what did I do?
I set myself times that I can go on each account. That didn't end up working, but it was worth a shot. I continued going bed at 2 am.

Entry 11:
I finally admitted to @poshpenpal that I am NOT a reader at this point, I'm a writer. Even if you're book is very EXTREMELY good I will smile at the writing style and move on with my life. I once upon a time was an obsessed reader but those days I used to read absolutely everything, good or not good. And it RUINED me. It ruined my life. Because of the books I read in my childhood my writing uses the writing style of an 1800s author with the attitude of a 12 year old persona and my characters talk like they were born in my parent's generation.

And then when I came to WATTPAD I was writing in my modestly naive way. To this day, people are STILL writing stories about powerful businessmen favouring their quiet and pretty female employees. We've all heard that story before.

We've also heard the story of a girl patiently waiting for her best friend to realise she has had a crush on him since she was seven.

We've also ALL heard the story of two people who act like they hate each other but they like each other. And also just because someone falls in love that doesn't mean they're suddenly weak and can't stand up for themselves. Okay, cry and let it out, but not everyday.

Also if the persona in the story doesn't have a close friend or somebody they can depend on, we the readers are going to hate this character because if nobody cares about them , we're just going to pity them as we wonder why nobody cares about them. Thank you, modern writers for introducing fiction to me like this. No wonder I don't feel too welcome to do things your way.

Entry 12:
I came across the most beautiful, most meaningful poetry by @ithinkyouwere. I could understand it, every line had so much depth to it. It didn't rhyme or anything but it still had a certain rhythm. The titles themselves had so much depth. So yeah, I'm glad I found what I wanted.

Entry 13:
What's the point of wattpad anyways?

Well, think about what you can do. You can read for free, you can publish without having to be accepted. You can socialise and interact.

You can be empowered or be rejected.

You can decide to write, create a book cover the way you imagine it, and edit all by yourself.

You can even get paid. The pay isn't that much but if your work is good enough it still provides a somewhat constant source of income.

For some people the negatives eventually outweigh the positives or the person loses motivation towards writing or self-publishing and they become inactive on the app. A lot of these people have created amazing works which are always featured and feel like they have reached that accomplishment and move on. Of course, we're all in very different situations.

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