There is likely little Fictionpress can do to stop such people, even if they ban their accounts, they can always start new ones, so it will always be up to you to know your rights and protect yourself.
I will continue to read on the site, and wish you all luck with your writing — it's such a pity when a few bad apples risk ruining good things for others. My work is still available on Wattpad and will continue to be so as long as I don't start receiving such messages there, though even if I do, their support staff and volunteers are much more easy to contact, and quicker to act than the FP team - also, the forums on WP allow writers to easily contact each other and spread warnings, the FP "forums" and "communities" are not organized in such a way to allow that.
Again, I'm very sad to be in this position - at 40 I probably shouldn't be surprised at such behaviour , but I still prefer to trust people until they prove themselves untrustworthy. Removing my work from Fictionpress. Best wishes, Darcy. My next post should be a much happier one :. Latest Post , Social and Political R Joined Oct 23, Messages Well, since I just got asked what FictionPress is hey there, tmso!
FictionPress is a sister site to FanFiction. However, while FanFiction. In short, it's a site where you can upload your work for free for other people to read and review. Of course, the content there, much like the indie e-book market, has lower quality standards, but such is the price of free use. I will also note that you can't upload commercially published stuff so no novel excerpts , but it's perfect for short stories and such, which is how I am using it.
In theory, you could also upload a serial novel on there, but I'm not doing that. White tmso Staff member. Joined Jun 11, Messages 8, So, you mean, if I self-published something even a short on Smashwords or something, I couldn't re-post it there? Afraid so. Of course, there's nothing preventing you from putting stuff on there you haven't published elsewhere yet Doubly so if you're actually charging money for it!
Joined Apr 21, Messages 2, If it isn't a very silly question which it might well be , why would you want to do this? However, I know how it generally works. At least enough to give a fairly informed opinion.
Readership: There are a lot of readers on Wattpad. Also, it is much more current, being the choice of readers over other book sharing websites. If you want to promote your work, this is definitely the place to do it. It takes a lot more work to get readers than Fictionpress, but it seems as if the work is well worth it. Success Stories: There are several successful writers who started on Wattpad, and because of their gained following they were able to get published.
So Wattpad seems to have more potential to becoming a published author. Comments: One thing I love about Wattpad is the ability to leave comments on a specific line of the story. Horrible Search System: When I first joined the website, I remembering having an easier time navigating the site. However, now it is really hard to find new stories and limit your searches by preference. I have no knowledge of the algorithm the website uses for what pops up at the top of search results, but it makes no sense to me.
This point is highly frustrating to me. Community: There is pretty much no community outside the comments. There are things called clubs, but to me they come across as weird Reddit posts that are completely random and have nothing to do with writing. Limited Genre: The demographics on both these websites are quite young from early teens to early twenties , so it would make sense that the most-read genres are YA.
This is the case to a certain extent with Fictionpress. They are all sappy, shallow, and usually include a hot guy and awkward girl. If you do write YA, this website is possibly a good choice. Weird Fanfics: On Fictionpress unlike its sister website Fanfiction, which I am also a part of , everything is an original work.
However, on Wattpad there are a lot of fan fictions scattered between the original works, making for some weird stories to come across. Personally, if I wanted to browse through fanfics, I would can to Fanfiction. I would not spend hours shifting through horrible fanfics to find a good original work like I have on Wattpad. There are also published stories like classics or translations of Chinese books posting there as well. In the end, I think the functions of these websites are very different.
Fictionpress has been more about improving your writing through helping others and getting advice in return. Whereas with Wattpad, it seems to be more about promoting your writing.
Personally, I will always prefer Fictionpress for its format and functions. If you want help improve your writing, join a writing club online or in person. If you want to promote your work, get out there go to writing conferences, start a blog. Because, in my opinion, neither website really gives much back. I have spent hours years, in fact helping other writers with little in return.
I improved as a writer more in the first month I was part of a writing club than I did in the years of being part of both websites. As you can guess, I am not really active on either of these websites, though I do read the occasional book on the sites.
What are your views of both websites? Have you used one, or both? Have you considered joining them and decided against it? If so, what stopped you? Let me know down in the comments, follow my blog for more madness, and, as always,. An avid reader and writer. View all posts by Madame Writer. Just saw this was a blog post by you, so I read it out of interest.
I kinda only found this, because someone on fictionpress. Now my thoughts. I never even knew Wattpad was also a story writing website, as I have only ever used fanfiction.
It is true, I have been far more active on fanfiction. All of them are only allowed on fanfiction. The reason I started using fictionpress.
My own work, in my own world, that is not using original work from many other authors, manga artists, and both anime and film makers. All in all, I have been a member on fictionpress. Worse is perhaps my mind, due to the autism I have.
I had an amazing imagination when I first started to write. Like Liked by 1 person. Thank you for your comment! I believe every passion is worth pursuing if you truly enjoy it, whether it takes you 11 years or your entire life. Good luck with your writing in the future! Like Like. Thank you. I really just struggle with the imagination side of things.
I have some beside me on my desk. Could it be all the mess because I have nowhere to put anything? I really should tidy up my desk. I have used Wattpad extensively before finding FictionPress and coming there. The only problem I have found so far — and because of which I was unable to bring myself to post anything there — was the useless coding that showed up on preview.
Wattpad was the best in when I first joined; now, it has deterioated a lot. Now, I only post on my WordPress blogs, which I am content with. I have self-published on Amazon, which I find more satisfying than posting on a toxic site like Wattpad. I only read on Wattpad now. I was active on Wattpad around or as well, and it was better than now. And I think that running your own blog and publishing on places like Amazon seems like the way to go now.
Good luck with your writing journey! I agree. I only read books by friends I already made on Wattpad — hardly any new ones, and only if they appeal to me. Me too! Wattpad just gets under my skin now. Your post just solidifies my opinion. Like Liked by 2 people. Thank you! A lot of the fictions that used to be exclusive top rated fics on other sites found their way onto RR.
The site is infamous for cold hard criticism. A lot of authors that avoid the site do so because they say the site is toxic. The site also has a strong patreon support. The site rewards regular posting. These are fics that have large numbers of patreon exclusive chapters and they post consistently. Thank you for the recommendation! It sounds interesting. Thank you so much!
But thank you for the offer and good luck blogging! This was a super helpful post, thank you for sharing.
I am researching what platforms exist to connect readers and writers and building a new one that I hope will provide something similar to what it seems FictionPress used to offer. I would absolutely love to hear your thoughts, particularly on the community aspects as that is something I think will be very important.
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