u/JaelynnMoore_

I’ve been thinking about this lately and I’m curious what other readers/writers think.

This isn’t really about my book specifically, I’m just using my experience as an example. I’ve only had my story up on Wattpad for about a month, so I actually think the number of reads it has gotten is really good for the amount of time it’s been posted, but I did notice that a lot of readers seem to drop off around chapters 2–3.

It made me wonder if the idea that “Wattpad readers love slow burns” is only partially true. A lot of stories on there are labeled slow burns, but it also feels like readers still expect some kind of immediate hook very early on.

Sometimes I feel like readers don’t really give stories time to build anymore. If the relationship development is subtle or the plot takes a few chapters to settle in, people click off before the payoff starts happening.

At the same time, I also understand that readers have thousands of stories competing for their attention, so authors probably do need to grab them quickly.

Getting so much more love than I expected to early on for this book. I have great ideas yall I swear.

If we answer that everything sucks ass, surely they'll make things better, right? RIGHT???

sometimes I go back and look at the comments thinking its MAYBE someone else and its just me being a dumbass

I just want to make sure everything goes together. I wanna know what it looks like from a readers POV😎.

thanks in advanced😘✌️

I really try to go for realism in my books especially when it comes to emotion. I'm trying, but could really use some feedback 😜