u/Existing_Chapter3218

Hii, lately I've been using reddit for various purposes, and then landed on this community, joining this community wasn't the reason why I started reddit but it was an aftermath since I am a Wattpad writer myself and I wanted to see what happens here.

Observing the community for a month I've realised there have been many instances where I wanted to share my opinion or experience but I couldn't because I had an anonymous account and speaking about my personal perspective here without revealing my author identity was difficult and also unnecessary.

Because I have started to believe that readers and writers both are interacting in this community and so should I without carrying the burden of constantly hiding my penname and Wattpad persona.

And obviously being anonymous wouldn't bring anything to me, but embracing my author identity and interacting here about my books and readers would be better and actually relevant to what I am.

HERE ARE MY BOOKS, I know some people may have a different taste and might dislike a few things about what I write, especially if you don't know me already and are seeing these books for the first time you might want to call me out( for the British x Indian trope🤏🏻) But trust me there's so much more to it than whatever you can conclude through just covers.

so I'd say do not judge the books by their covers.

AND I'LL BE SHARING A LOT OF THINGS ABOUT MY WRITING AND READING HERE NOW FINALLY WITH A SIGH OF RELIEF BECAUSE I WON'T BE HIDING BEHIND AN ANONYMOUS ACCOUNT ANYMORE.

Also if any of my reader found this, I AM SORRY I'LL UPDATE SOON👽

One of the saddest parts of writing on Wattpad for me is the fear of just staying an underrated read for readers who will keep my book in their memories but it will never reach the other potential readers who would have loved it. It's the fear that my book will only be able to reach around 400–500k reads and then that is just how it will end. The fact that I will pour all my heart into writing the pages on my own, edit the drafts precisely so it's a better read for the reader, come up with authentic, original ideas, give my whole being to my writing, and yet in the end it will just stay an underrated read but not the book that blows up.

Don't get me wrong, 400–500k reads are also a lot, definitely, but looking around, I know that my book wouldn't be the one to be known by everyone, for people to make edits about it, for it to stay in the best rankings on Wattpad for months, for readers to start making reels about it on their influencer accounts.

I can give my all, and yet it won't be the book that blows up, that everyone knows about, that actually gets what it deserves.

I am not imposing the idea that I believe my work deserves to blow up, but I have seen my efforts, I have seen how much I am trying to do my part, but I can't help it if the algorithm isn't helping the reels to blow up, I can't help it if Wattpad doesn't get my book to the best rankings thousands of times.

There are times when I see how tremendously some books are trending, that their fans are so religiously attached to them, and I have that fear that it will never happen to me. This is coming from an author who has crossed a few milestones, had her book in the top ten many times, but that's just how it is, limited. Limited to people who will give my book a chance because they read and loved the initial chapters and couldn't stop themselves from reading further, but the rest of the audience will just never try it, they will never even give a glance to the book because it isn't that famous.

The fear is that I will always be appreciated by my readers and will be considered an underrated author, but will always be unknown to the world out there, will always be just a random author who posts on the same app where a few authors are ruling over everything.

Fear that it's just their world and I am just a part of it.

[ I am not going to give up, obviously not. If the universe made me crave that place, I will obviously make sure not to give up before I actually achieve it. I don't know how this will turn out, but I won't let my efforts go to waste. Whether it takes months or years, giving up isn't an option I will ever entertain, but yes, the fear is still very real. ]

HII, AUTHOR RIYSHU HERE.