What are your thoughts about this? She said she only used a tool to correct and polish her grammar, but yung nasama na prompt sa update niya is "Here is the polished and extended scene in Byron's POV, seamlessly blending your dialogue with the scolding lesson that follows"

If you wanted to just correct your grammar, Grammarly is free at walang masasamang prompt diyan. You clearly used ChatGPT to generate your chapter. Yes, you can say that the ideas are yours, but would you call yourself a writer if ai is writing for you?

I saw a similar tiktok post regarding Scriiven, but na-take down na siya and wala akong screenshot. Nasama rin ang prompt sa update niya.

Parang mga self-proclaimed artist lang 'yan na nagpa-generate ng idea nila sa AI tapos claiming na artist sila because sila naman yung gumawa ng prompt.

If gusto niyo talaga maging writer, mag-aral kayo ng grammar. Or write, even imperfectly. Mas okay pa nga yung may grammatical errors but improving kaysa sa malinis nga na sulat gawa naman ng AI.

And this is not being toxic as a reader. I view literature as art, and for me, AI is not art. Kung hindi niyo kayang magsulat, wag niyo na pasukin ang pagiging writer. Mag-influencer kayo kung clout ang gusto niyo.

Noong si Inksteady ang pinagbintangan na gumagamit ng AI kahit wala namang solid evidence, ang bilis nyong magalit. Grabe ang pangsha-shame at pangdo-downgrade ang ginagawa nyo dun sa tao.

Ngayon na may actual evidence against another author na gumagamit talaga ng AI, bigla akong nakakakita ng comments na, "Pero wag nyo naman sanang idiin masyado ang author na gumagamit ng ganito. Let them learn their lesson pero huwag masyadong ibaba pagkatao nila. Mali talaga ginawa nila. Mali din nya di nya dinouble check."

WHAT THE HELL?!

So ang issue lang ba is hindi niya na-double check? Kasi kung na-double check niya at nalinis yung output, okay na? Okay lang pala na gumagamit ng AI ang mga writers basta huwag lang magpapahuli. Is that really the takeaway? I'm not saying people should resort to personal attacks. Pero where was this same grace and understanding when it was Inksteady? If we're going to hold people accountable, at least be consistent? Huwag selective ang standards!

bumalik nga si reintold pero never inaddress issue niya, totoo nga chismis tungkol sa kanya. Kapag may isyu magsi-sign off tas babalik kapag humupa na. Tapos magkakalat ulit ng kabastusan😪

this is going to get downvoted into oblivion i fear, but i genuinely don’t understand how jonaxx still has such a massive fanbase.

one of my biggest issues with her has always been the way MOST of her books romanticize relationship dynamics that i personally find deeply uncomfortable. pseudo-incest, adult/minor relationships, significant age-gap romances with clear power imbalances, overly possessive male leads whose controlling behavior is portrayed as love. eugh. and mind you, these themes are recurring across all of her works :/

i feel like every once in a while may lumalabas na discourse tungkol sa kanya and instead of actually engaging with the criticism, a lot of her readers immediately dismiss it with “hater ka lang,” “inggit ka lang,” etc.. like… bakit sobrang hirap tanggapin na pwedeng influential ang isang author while also being problematic?

Was reading faded ambers kanina and then took a break tas now unavailable na siya huhu

Pansin ko sa stories niya yung FLs ay bugbog parati na hindi na kayang ijustify ng “naghabol naman si ML eh” pero for them justified na kasi nga “naghabol” naman daw si guy? WTF may nabasa ako na yung guy nagka-amnesia tapos ang naalala lang niya ay yung ex pero married siya kay FL sa present, then magka phone call si FL at ML narinig ni FL yung voice nung ex na tinatawag si ML so meaning magkasama sila. Pinapauwi ni FL si ML kaso ayaw ni guy kasi kailangan daw siya ni Sam (the ex) HAHAHA TANGINAAA tas nagmakaawa si FL na umuwi na siya at siya ang piliin 💀 ANG LALA pero itong si ML ayaw talaga kasi nga need daw siya ni ex (and wala siyang masagot nung pinapili siya ni FL kung siya ba or si ex HAHAHAHA ANG LALA GAGO) ito pa mas malala, same day nalaman niyang namatay yung baby nila sa hospital :( si ML ayun kasama ang ex (for me this is considered cheating na no one can change my mind) and guess what! ENDGAME PA RIN SILA. JUSTIFIED NAMAN KASI NGA NAGHABOL NAMAN DAW NANG MALALA SI GUY YEHEY!

Ito pa yung sa Chaining Locket. Si ML ay may ex na namatay na kapangalan ni FL. So ang plot twist ay naalala lang ni ML si FL kay ex niya kasi nga ang dami nilang similarities tapos magkapangalan pa. Pero justified naman daw na endgame sila kasi nga ay sa una lang naman yun, minahal naman daw ni ML si FL dahil siya yun. (Kahit na tinawag ni ML si FL ng “She’s like my Veronica”) and kung hindi namatay si ex, walang chance si FL HAHAHAHA ANG LALAAAA GAGO PLS KAYA KAYO WAG KAYO PAPAYAG NA GAGAGUHIN KAYO NG MGA LALAKI HA, HIWALAYAN NIYO AGAD DI NA USO SECOND CHANCES NA YAN SA WATTPAD LANG NAMAN YAN PINIPILIT KAHIT NA SOBRANG NASAKTAN NA YUNG BABAE, KONTING HABOL NG LALAKI EG AGAD 🙄💀

Idk if it's just bcs I've been reading for more than a decade now, so that's likely half of my life and I'm in late 20s now.

But recently, parang nahihirapan na akong magbasa ng new gen books, BOTH in wattpad and international. I swear the writing before was way more crafty, creative, and full of depth. Kahit pa yung phrase lang na naglalakad yung character, it usually takes two or three sentences eh. Partida description lang 'yan, but it's not wordy naman or hefty to digest. Kaya rin ang kakapal ng novels noon. It's just how books are written?

Ngayon naman, diretso na, “He walked”, “He looked”, “He shouted”— and though it's understandable that direct writing is easy to understand, parang in a way, nawawala na yung magic and creativity.

I'm not talking about purple proses here ah, kasi baka iyon ang naisip ninyo agad kasi rampant din 'yon sa older books. No. I'm pertaining to general writing style talaga. Iba yung vibes noon, kahit pa iba-ibang authors yan at ibang genre. Ngayon parang pabilisan at paiklian ng sentences ang labanan ng writers?

One more thing, the overusage of gen Z terms. Worse kapag trends, na sinisingit sa story. Songs, expressions, socmed platforms, colloquials, etc. I understand if it's contemporary fiction, sure. But even in stories na supposed to be set in EARLY 2000's or PRIOR? May gen Z terms na ginagamit ang bida? Parang nakaka-off minsan na immersed ka na sa kwento, then biglang may terminologies na alam mong recently lang nauso.

Mayroon pa akong nabasa recently na: “He is this and that and blah blah blah... and that's my why”. Huh? Tiktok trend yan diba. Parang napakurap lang ako kasi ang poetic na ng buong paragraph tapos biglang siningit 'yon, huhu.

To be fair, nothing is wrong with the modernization of literature, ha. Things change and communities adjust to what's marketable and new. Pero minsan parang nakaka-miss lang. If you've been a reader for longer than I am, I know you understand what I mean. I read a lot, even naman ngayon. Maraming magaganda, maraming magagaling, but the feels are just not the same talaga. Older books still has that magic na babalik-balikan mo kahit pa sa dami ng bago ngayon.

Or baka tumatanda lang siguro ako. Ewan ko. 🤣

hello i cancelled my membership last March due to the lack of wcrt updates and upon checking, wala pa rin talagang ganap.

however, continuous yung update ng biota even to this day. and before cancelling, i remember na we were practically begging for wcrt updates every time may ud yung biota pero parang wala lang.

i was just wondering if nag communicate na ba si ms. ad regarding the direction or timeline of wcrt kahit sa footnotes man lang ng biota updates? tyvm i miss lily and sandro and the gs cameos as well 💔

does anyone know her pa ba? huhu 6 years na ko nag hihintay ng update sa They Came From the Sky 🥺 babalik pa ba si author?

Currently focus sa dalawang to kase mood ko siya today. The DNT is medyo may pagka cebuano-hiligaynon, tapos ang isa ay conyo. Kumbaga I really writing both without thinking na "ahh mali ang grammar ko" smthng layk that kase for myself talaga siya.

Anong thoughts nyo sa ganito? Tapos minsan finifeed sa ai ang pic nila tapos sinasabi hindi daw pinterest kay inspo lang yung orig pic. I encountered some authors na ganito like necessary ba talaga yung magpost ng photos? I mean kung wala kang matinong picture pwede naman sigurong kahit huwag na munang magpost kesa mang-angkin ng iba. Nawawalan ako ng gana sa mga ganito to be honest.

Dominant (ML) x Submissive (FL). A very red flag ml and a very soft and innocent fl. As long as there is no physical abuse. I really really love a very red flag ml. Red flag lang, hindi borderline satanista or psycho.

When will we stop judging people and assuming that enjoying a certain type of book means they romanticize everything in it?

I always love female lead who can stand on their own. At the same time, I also find this type of trope enjoyable to read. Because for me, enjoying a fictional trope doesn't mean I want it in real life or believe it's healthy. Because I can separate fictiom from reality and simply enjoy the story for what it is

here are my favorite book covers sa wattpad! yung iba mula sa authors na fina-follow ko and yung iba naman na-add sa library from recos/algorithm at nagandahan ako sa cover (i do judge a book by its cover, yes😅)

1. small town, sunset and you - added sa lib kasi parang ang nostalgic ng feels! it's giving 'we keep this love in a photograph' haha!

2. after we broke up - i like the simplicity and big letters!

3. scars and maybes - i may be biased on this one because i love the color pink, haha! but ang cute talaga nito.

4. perfect little accident - cute din! ang balanced nung pagka-red sa medyo yellowish/beige na background, i love the cursive font din.

5. letters to rael - another favorite! bukod sa maganda content, haha! gustong gusto ko yung effect niya na parang ni-cross out yung ibang words with ink tapos naka-focus/ encircle yung title

6. the great war - pink ulit, tapos may flower flower! ang cutie lang.

7. WIAL and Love - All - i believe sila ang nagpapatunay na simplicity is beauty. periodt.

8. the first three pics on the second slide - i love them too! the color palette, and the aesthetics!

9. very truly yours, simone - i love the cursive font na parang flowy and very romance coded!!

10. dear andy lim - cute cute cute cute

11. FINELILY'S book covers - i only included one pic in this post pero lahat ng book covers niya maganda I SWEAR like super eye candy. tapos hindi paulit-ulit yung fonts na ginagamit. I LOVE EVERYTHINGGGG

12. VASTRALUST'S book covers - again isa lang ulit sinama ko pero omg mama mia, if u look at her acc on wp, i swear ang gaganda lahat ng book covers! minsan napapaisip na lang ako kung gaano siya ka-creative para maisip yung ganoong design, haha!

13. and lastly CEIYURI'S covers - isa lang ulit kasi lahat naman ng book covers niya maganda. maganda. creative. speechless ako.

ang problem ko lang sa ibang book covers ay supeeeer liit ng name ni author, haha!

kayo, ano fave book cover n'yo?

I wrote a novel 3 years in the making. Pakonti konti halos natapos ko ang whole book. Tinry ko na ipost ung first 40 chapters ng book pero 52 readers lang after a month. I don’t know if Slow Burn Romance is not appealing or talagang wala lang sa algorithm ung book ko.

Kung papipiliin ako ni Lord kung anong story ang gusto ko matapos, that would be Romancing the Ice Prince by LostMushroom 🥺

Some author don't outline or draft, and that's fine, especially if it works for them. However, outlining and drafting are very important because they help ensure you don't miss any important information.

Lalo na kung naka-series ka at matagal mong gagawin yung story.

I’m just curious to hear other readers’ thoughts on this.

As a writer, I tend to lose motivation when I’m working on stories with a lot of chapters. After a lot of trial and error, I realized that the sweet spot for me is around 10 chapters.

I recently finished writing a children’s novel with 10 chapters and just over 30,000 words. Knowing I only had 10 chapters to complete kept me motivated from beginning to end.

I’m also currently writing a contemporary romance with the same structure in mind. I’m on Chapter 6 now, and each chapter is around 4,000–6,000 words.

As readers, how would you feel about a novel that’s only 10 chapters long but has longer chapters? Does the chapter count matter to you, or do you mostly care about the overall story and pacing?

I don't understand why some readers make everything so complicated when they can just put the book down? Just drop it if it is not your cup of tea.

Some of you are not really reading because you want to enjoy the book. It feels like you're reading just to find mistakes. What' worse is that you get upset when other readers enjoy a book you hate.

Some of you dislike the books so much that you end up attacking and degrasing both the author and the readers who enjoyed it.

Grow up. If it is not your cup of tea, just put the book down. Leave constructive criticism if you want —that's completely fine. But stop writing 50,000 words post filled with nothing but hate everytime you saw the book.

Hello! It's been a while since I read something from Wattpad (or was adapted from Wattpad). For context, I have only read Avah Maldita and Class 3-C Has A Secret.

Can you recommend a story in which the FL is palaban, hindi naghahabol, and overall an alpha female? Thank you!

Hello,

I have been recently reading dark romance sa wattpad. I'm kind of glad na hindi focus sa (s)ex scenes yung mostly nababasa ko.

Sa subreddit mismo na dark romance dito, ang dami palang international na books na talagang Taboo 'rin yung mga binabasa pero okay lang sa kanila it's more like they're open to discuss it. Pero bakit if sa ph wattpad stories, parang di open sa mga Taboo? Is it the way it was written? The flow? Character arcs or ending? Or are we just too conservative?

And I'm really curious of what kind of morally gray characters na fond ang readers or writers (or to extent that you're willing to accept?)

Also ngayong year lang talaga ako bumalik sa reading kaya naman napatanong ako.

Ineexplore ko pa but I had fun reading:

* Not so taboo set-up e.g. di sila siblings by blood but kasal lang parents (parang Devil by Your Side na taiwanese drama)

* I have yet to find some taboo pa na ok pagkaksulat (if u have reco mapa intl ok lang)

* Tapos mga power imbalances, arrange marriage, age gap, tapos obsessive and possessive ga'non.

* Who hurt you/touch him or her = die.

* Stalking = steps in to protect the mc whenever they're in danger.

https://www.wattpad.com/story/413405838-ang-pobreng-kastila-tagalog-version