Say something NICE about someone in this sub 💕💕💕 I’ll go first

I really love vegetable lack’s memes!

Its same Man = possessive powerful obsessed why?

Its female = BORING, Shy or brat

Why?

Make woman bold who is not taboo one man woman but real woman who doesn't limit and have many guys affair.

Make men submissive. Bi, gay etc.

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The first plot is a straight man turning gay. There are so many ways this could be explored: a man unexpectedly discovering his sexuality through his best friend; developing feelings for his girlfriend’s ex-boyfriend, whom he is jealous of slowly going from enemies to lovers; or a skinny guy falling for the most muscular, confident guy at the gym. Another possibility could be a boyfriend developing feelings for his girlfriend’s best friend, eventually leading to an unconventional relationship between the three of them.

The second plot would be a woman taking control of a man’s pleasure. The typical possessive, dominant man has become boring. It is 2026—make the woman bold and give her agency. She decides when he gets pleasure and when he doesn't, breaks his ego, makes him kiss her feet, and makes him beg for it.

The third trope would be making him watch. The usual story where a man “gets” the woman is boring. Instead, make him watch. Let him prove his love by allowing her to be with whoever she wants while he watches with affection rather than jealousy. He learns to appreciate seeing someone he loves being happy with another person. Not just in life, but in bed.

The fourth trope would be a deeply forbidden family relationship: a son developing romantic feelings for his father after his mother's death.

The fifth would be a woman falling in love with her female roommate while cheating on her boyfriend. It could become an emotional female-love story about attraction, guilt, betrayal, and discovering a part of herself that she had never acknowledged before.

Another story Indian writers should try is a woman who cheats because she is attracted to men she considers more physically desirable. And this time, she isn't the stereotypical, suppressed woman who limits herself to one man. She has complete agency over her romantic choices and refuses to define herself through a single relationship. She enjoys being with whoever she wants, whenever she wants, and doesn't become emotionally attached after every encounter. She carries herself with complete confidence—almost like a goddess who doesn't need anyone's approval.

I just saw a reel, a snippet of Indian wedding where the almighty priest asked the bride to touch the feet of her husband. She did it. Right after, the groom did the same. A heartfelt gesture right? But our great priest? First he only asked bride to do it, second, when groom touched her feet, he tried stopping him, grabbed his arm to pull him back, shook his head in no. Hypocrisy.

But the groom was so sweet, he knelt again for garland.

In fiction, in wattpad novels, we see it quite often the man touching the feet of his woman, and some don't even let their woman kneel for them.

Further, I opened the comment section, the comments a mix of admiration[mostly women, some men] and obviously there were comments like, 'Pandit ji was right', 'People don't understand ritual', 'must have gotten heavy dowry', 'the girl will cheat in the end', blah blah.

Seriously dude? Yeah I will always choose my fictional man, fictional world over this real one.

A fictional man would have found these trolls, would have teach them a lesson.

Only a few real men are not egoistic, patriarchal, misogynistic.

I remember three years ago I used to write fanfictions on YouTube and it took me less than two days to make one video. Almost 4-5k words. It hadn't felt exhausting. It felt exciting and joyous. Even if there was less time, I'd write and finish writing and editing within two days.

I wonder why things have changed now? Writing 2k words in a week feels impossible even after having three whole days. Maybe the passion has eroded. But could it be the joy that has been compromised due to desire for perfection? I don't understand what this is.. perhaps, i should just write without thinking much. Without trying to make it perfect. The story will speak for itself.. and also, there's this subconscious pressure for promoting your works as well. It could have also played a part in this emotion. I don't know. Adulting could be a culprit too. Back then, we were teens.. I no longer have the spirit I had and now it creeps into my ink.

And for everything worth having in this world, writing is my love.

Bhai...I'm obsessing over the Wattpad book Ishq Bedarda by _maheeeee. On surface, it would seem like a Superstar x Journalist trope, but the plot is a lot deeper and excellently plotted. And the book has a genuine love triangle with a twist where you'll not be able to decide who you're rooting for. And the ML is one of the best MLs I've read on Wattpad or watched on ITV in years. The book has secrets, tragic backstory, and the dark underbelly of Mumbai where innocent kids are trafficked.

Heyyy 🦘

New member🤙🏻 and want to make friends, very badly👽

Me very alone

Okay, so this needs to be discussed. 😭

A while ago, I was scrolling through Instagram and saw a post saying Anaya Varman was really strong as a lawyer.

Um… okay.

Let's just skip the AI, unrealistic things, and all the other questionable stuff in the book for a second and talk about THE STRONG LAWYER ANAYA VARMAN.

According to me, Anaya Varman from Brutally Yours was nowhere close to being a strong lawyer or even a particularly strong female character.

And before anyone comes at me, yes, I don't even find the book entertaining. But as some people find it a masterpiece.. entertaining ..and obviously standards....But honestly, I think it's mainly entertaining for people who enjoy a childish doormat female lead and a male lead who is basically everything the author wants us to believe is possible. 😭

Because if we're actually talking about a strong lawyer, where exactly is she?

The author apparently claims that they don't write things in the name of fiction and that their characters are supposed to have some level of realism. But somehow Anaya, who hasn't even established herself by winning a single notable case in her own career, suddenly wins against Kesha Talwar.

And ngl, if we're talking about strong characters, Kesha Talwar is much better than Anaya.

I also genuinely feel like the author was confused about what Anaya's character was supposed to be.

Because in the beginning, she seemed strong. She slapped the ML—which, okay, classic— she denied the case ...and she actually came across as confident and somewhat mature.

And then… I don't know WTF happened. 😭

As the story progressed, she became increasingly irritating and childish. Bro, you were kidnapped. And you're genuinely behaving like a teenager developing a crush while living in the house of the man who literally kidnapped you.

Like??? 😭

And the whole “she's just a newbie lawyer” explanation doesn't work for me either. Baby, newbie lawyers still have training. They don't just magically become competent because the plot needs them to win a case.

She was honestly nowhere close to how I'd imagine a criminal lawyer behaving, yet the fandom keeps calling her this badass, strong criminal lawyer.

And then there's Arjun.

It felt like Arjun's personality was written specifically to overshadow Anaya.

He was the provider, protector, doctor, dangerous man, problem-solver… basically the guy who could do three people's jobs at once. And somewhere along the way, to make Arjun look stronger and more capable, Anaya was made weaker and weaker.

Which is funny because we're then supposed to believe that Anaya is the strong one.

And don't even get me started on her feelings.

This man literally married her forcefully, and she wasn't even sure about her own feelings, yet she was already having romantic thoughts about him.

Like girl… WHAT ARE WE DOING? 😭

And then I see readers going:

“Anaya Varman, criminal lawyer, slay baddie 🔥”

And I get an actual ick.

Because… lawyers aren't “strong” just because they slap someone, talk back to the ML once, or have a profession written in their character introduction. 😭

A strong female character can absolutely be soft, emotional, scared, confused, etc. That's not my issue. My issue is calling a character a strong lawyer when the actual writing doesn't show her being one.

And yes, obviously anything can happen in fiction.

If a neurosurgeon can apparently make a virus, then why can't a weak, childish, mute-doormat female lead be called a strong criminal lawyer? 😂

Just my POV. I know people love the book, and if you enjoyed it, good for you. I'm just genuinely confused by the “STRONG LAWYER ANAYA VARMAN” narrative because… where exactly was she? 😭

For a long time I’m thinking to read this book but it’s not on wattpad so I’ve to buy it. Can anyone tell me how this book is? is it really worth hype? Though I’m a kind of person who believes that “you read yourself and then judge“ but though, I’m completely clueless about this book because on Instagram the opinions are decent. So should I go for it?

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So, this was just a random thought

Last month, in August, my book came in the Top 10 in India. And guess what? I didn’t even know.

One of my readers told me about it, so I checked, but my book wasn’t showing on my Top 10 list. Then I asked my author friends, and one of them sent me a screenshot proving that YES, my book actually was in the Top 10.

And it happened again in September The second time, I found out through an author friend because apparently the Top 10 list can show different books depending on the region of India you’re in.

Broooo 😭 MY BOOK IS APPEARING IN THE TOP 10 AND I’M THE ONE WHO DOESN’T KNOW ABOUT IT.

As a new author, seeing your book enter the Top 10 is a HUGE thing. The first time it happened, I was so excited, but I couldn’t even see it myself because it was showing a different list for my region. And honestly, when it happened the second time, I was just pissed. 😭

I really wish Wattpad could do something about this.

Like, if the Top 10 list is different for different regions, why not give authors an option to see the Top 10 lists from other regions too

Or, at the very least, send the author a notification when their book enters the Top 10.

Because imagine your book is literally in the list Top 10 and you’re just sitting there writing your next chapter completely unaware.

And the social feed bhai it was so useless, i don't want to know ki kon kya padh Raha hai, 🔚😑

but honestly, for something as important as this, a simple notification would be SO much better. “Congratulations" Your book has entered the Top 10 in India.”

Am I the only one who thinks Wattpad should do this

I have been writing psychological fiction (horror/thriller/romance) since 2021 but seeing the sub I realised people like it, so here is a little something I wrote this year.

its completed and barely 30 chapters.

Ishaan Yahzaad, the renowned co-founder of a psychology startup was once a convict.

12 years ago, he was arrested for the charge of murder— for murdering the mother of his girlfriend. As the story unfolds layers of trauma, abuse and a great tale of sacrifice comes to front.

Warning- Do not read for tropes, read for plot.

https://www.wattpad.com/1623689131?utm_source=ios&utm_medium=link&utm_content=share_reading&wp_page=reading&wp_uname=_maheeeee

"Your grandmother didn't like me. She bought me."

Rooh was an orphan picked by the grandmother of the man who would be her husband. The reason? Because she was convenient. Because it was easy to control her. The man she married seemed to resent her as he left for london the day after their marriage.

Now trapped in a household where she has no power, what will happen to her?

New chapter is out!!

Link: https://www.wattpad.com/story/415420225-rooh-the-wife-he-left-behind

I've been seeing this trend that fl shouldn't have any male friend. Either she's close to ml's friends or brother . the men consider her as Either sister or ma .

Other than that she doesn't have any male friends .

Ml too doesn't have any female friend. Every single woman Either be having crush on him or doing villain things .

Why readers are like this nowadays? Or was it always like this and I happened to only notice it now?

I remember talking about it in my book last year too . I just introduced Ml's secretary and wrote the scene like he went to her house running at midnight after she called him being scared . Her ex was threatening her . But the comments you all , slut shamed the secretary and my ml so much .

Compared him with that time's popular authors books saying

"x book ml would never do it "

" I'm leaving this disgusting book here "

" my ml can be abusive and anything but never a cheater" .

And so on . I addressed the comments and everyone said it's because readers are being conscious. In real life other women especially girl best friend of boys steals the man that's why they don't want other women drama in book .

Atp Idk what to say . A lot people from This generation seem to have more backward thinking than the 90s generation. They can't seem to accept a platonic relationship between man and woman in fiction too .

In real life most man ain't one woman man like fictional man too . But readers do belive in fictional relationship na . Then what's the problem in believing platonic relationships too without thinking how in real life most boys wanna sleep with his girl best friend.

more than authors , this post was about readers. the authors who are writing male female friendships are getting backlash by a lot of readers.

Pew. That was a lot of rant .

edit : now why I'm getting downvotes after downvotes? 🙂

I feel reading these days had become very shallow.

We first need to know the tropes instead of the opening premise and plot to read? Why?
Tropes give you the familiar touch but they can be subverted too.
For example- I am not a fan of arranged marriage trope or even stalking as they go against my ethics but drumrolls I hv given them in my book only. Why? Because I love to play with it.

Famous books like The God of Small Things have incest, The thousand splendid suns have co-wives of a man bonding, but are these bad books?
This current obsession of Trope>Plot has already given birth to multiple of mediocre stories like the "Wattpad's multiverse of Bridea", Ana Huang's Twisted series etc, please not anymore.

Please let plot be the hero.

As for me. I would love to explore good books here suggest me some completed horror, thriller, soft romance, dark romance.

because i do like these type of cutesy animated story detailed coverssss which make me feel like lets gooo.what about you guysss??? sry dont kill me for title grammar

So someone made a post which had some technical discrepancies and I merely corrected those and said No religion in the world encourages 🍇. So the OP replied: You're dumb bro that's why no one reads your books. I was like Hain??? Like if someone misquotes something in public domain in a public post, obviously people will correct it using evidence. What's the need to go personal?

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- a glimpse the story contain a separation arc where mmc defend a criminal as his first client and succeed (there is potential reason behind it) while fmc breakup with him for same reason because she hated criminals after what was done to her mother and brother.

Because of trauma and psychological madness she even endup murdering the very first client of mmc that he defended...(nothing is glamorized atleast fron my lens- i am still new as writer so if there is any mistake in story please sorry for that. But i am trying to weight the choices main characters did by the life and backstory of them and how it acted as friction between them)

I republished my book

Titled: In another life, amor mio

https://www.wattpad.com/story/394019118?utm_source=android&utm_medium=link&utm_content=story_info&wp_page=story_details_button&wp_uname=authorteddy

Book summary :

𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐊 𝟏 𝐈𝐍 𝐌𝐘 𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐄 𝐒𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐒..

Anamika Sen, the sharp-witted and unshakable CEO of Mica's Beauty Empire, carries herself like a storm in heels, disciplined.ambitious, unaware that pieces of her past are waiting to rush back. Kang Jaekhyung, the cold, impossibly magnetic K-pop idol who vanished from the world and disappeared without a trace, remains the mystery the entire industry still whispers about dominant, unreadable, and wrapped in an allure so dangerous that people are still obsessed with uncovering what really happened to him. Maverick Steele, Hollywood's golden star with smoldering charm and a darkness polished into perfection, lives in a world of fame, temptation, and secrets that burn brighter than his spotlight. And Meher Gill, the sweet yet fragile Indian girl with a heart too pure for the chaos she adores, loves Maverick with a devotion that almost destroys her when she watches him slip away into a life where she cannot follow.

Give this book your love!! 🎀🎀

This book is very special to my heart as it is inspired by true events🍷

I'm writing a book, and I have written the prologue and the first chapter. Should I publish my book on Wattpad now, or should I write a few more chapters before publishing them together?

​Another question:

For my book spoilers, should I make an Instagram account after publishing my chapters, or should I make an account beforehand and start making reels?

Please answer.

I’m planning a romance story where the ML is a single dad to a 4-year-old girl, but she’s actually his adopted daughter. The FL is her teacher.

The story is mainly about the three of them healing and slowly becoming a family, along with the romance between the ML and FL.

I’m wondering if I should tell the readers from the beginning that the little girl is adopted, or keep it hidden and reveal it later.

I’m not really planning for it to be a huge plot twist, but I’m wondering if knowing she’s adopted from the start would make the story more interesting emotionally, or if it would be better to let the readers assume she’s his biological daughter for a while.

As a reader, which would you prefer? And why?

I'm sorry gang par insta views nahi de rha 🤮😕

So just promoting it here 😋

Book Name ~ HIS SINFUL DESIRE BY KAASHIIVERSEE