u/VegetableLack6781

Before someone comes assuming that I'm supporting a particular author or so...let me clarify I'M NOT. I am an independent author myself, having my own idealogies and thoughts...and if somewhere I feel ki some author is getting hated for something which also might affect my book at some point, I will raise questions about it. And that doesn't make me anyone else's supporter, except my own.

Okay now coming to the topic, suppose I get a random idea about a scene and decide to write it in my book. The next day someone comes up and says this particular scene is a copy of XYZ movie or ABC series, and I have just changed a few things and blah, blah, the plagarism allegations and stuff.

So you tell me what should be done? Because the only solution I see here(altough next to impossible) is that seeing all the movies and series of the world, to see whether there is a similar scene to what you are writing, there.

So, what exactly should be done? Please feel free to leave your opinions about this

(Also, the people who were preaching about having meaningful conversations and all. Pls engage on this one.🙏🙏 This is an relevant discussion, as far as I think, so please show me how much do you mean your own words, since I have already done my part in initiating this discussion)

Guess what?

I never thought I had to write something like this, but it's okay. Recently I discovered that not everything goes according to what I want, even in the book that I write. so yeah, here it is.

Since when did, Wattpad, a free writing app, invented for people wanted to write about their fantasises and enjoyed by readers who had the same fantasies, suddenly turn into a moral policing ground-sorry moral dictation group.(I'm sorry for the slip-up). I mean when did this update take place, I don't get it. Is this a new update of the app?🤔🤔

Sorry, o enlightened ones, can you tell me more abt this update? Kyunki mere pass toh nahi aaya yeh update...that from now on I have to write abt morally upright characters in a fictional book.

Acha chalo maan liya, I'll write MY characters according to the way YOU consider right(becoz apparently to become a good writer, I have to write exactly as my readers-Sorry as intellectuals wish for.) Another slip up, don't mind please. I'm just so happy that mistakes keep on happening

Fine...cool enough. I get it.

But somebody at least tell me what the defintion of "morally upright" characters.(especially females)

1. Write a perfect bahu like character who just dresses in traditionals and doesn't speak....Ughh...She's so old-fashioned spineless.

Okay great observation

2. Write somebody who knows her worth...Eww...So disrespectful. Who even does that?

Nope. Nope. She's a red flag, Move on. Great

3. She likes somebody older?

Eww. Pedophilia spotted(Altough I can't understand...the defintion that I was accustomed to until now was that pedophilia meant being sexually attracted to children..correct me if I am wrong...but guess I am dumb enough to not be able to connect these two). Sorry

4. She likes somebody younger?

NOOOOOO!!😱😱😱 HOW COULD SHE? This is illegal!!!

Sure Sherlock, this is illegal. What are you gonna do abt that? Arrest me and put me in jail? Becoz apparently if I am writing about something, I'm romanticising it according to some intellectuals

5. And yep, not to mention a very special one...if somebody wants to take revenge by marrying their soon to be sister's marriage...they are labelled as homewreckers and cheaters and what not(Altough I couldn't get the context. Homewreckers and cheaters are labels when someone disruptes an already married couple...Not somewhere where the marriage has not taken place. But then again...maybe I'm the dumb one)

And the list just goes on and on..............

Bro...please, take a chill and relax. And listen...

Fiction is something which is MEANT to be unrealistic...People write abt normal day to day scenes which might be in their comfort zones. And that is completely fine, as is writing about something imaginary as dragons. Please get this thing fixed straight in ur head.

You are not comfortable with something, THAT IS OKAY. Nobody is forcing you to read or to like that. You are completely entitled to your opinion as the others are. Dictating that women can be written only as a certain type of way, because you like it. Yes, they can be. You are free to write it. Or even for that matter books are present where some authors thoughts aligns with yours(I'm sure there are a lot like that). Just go and read them, instead of bashing on someone who writes something differently from YOUR moral compass.

You want others to respect your opinions while not respecting theirs. Hypocrite much? Hmm?

In that case(I won't be arguing much now since I am really tired now)

Just drop the book and look for something called

"Wattpad Guide: A morally upright book according to my standards"

Go and read it and be happy

Peace out, 😘😘

Enough with the positivity(It's getting kinda boring now)...So something different now.

Drop the name (or at least hint) a member in the sub you like the least.

Express the most unpopular opinions that you have encountered in wp. I'll go first

1.Age Gap: One of the most misunderstood tropes. And I'm saying this because I'm a fan of well-executed age gaps. But I have just one problem....in most of the age gap tropes one of the the leads is always a teenager. I mean why? You want to enjoy the perception differences, maturity and power imbalances that come with age gap, then do it. I mean 24X30 is as much of a age gap as 18X24...the same 6 yrs. So what is the diffference.? Can someone explain me? Why is age-gap mostly limited to teenagers love only?

2. Obsession with V-card: I mean why? Dude, we're living in 2026, not in 1980. Why is this obsession with someone's virginity even a thing? I mean I frequently keep seeing in the tropes being mentioned that the fl and ml are virgins? Is this a trope? I mean why can't this be normalized that whether a ml or a fl can lose their v-card with whoever they want provided they are legally aged, aware of the consequences and mutually consenting. Why does this have to be a hype if the lead(especially a female) is a virgin. I don't get it. Can someone explain?

Let me know if you have any.

Getting bored of trauma dumping thought of playing a game. Everyone name ur favourite member without actually naming them. Like describe something Abt them that you know and see if they can know it's them.

And also...if anyone misses my special reels, I'll give it tomorrow. Should I?

Okay, I posted about this once but meri bhadaas khatam nahi hui hai, so I'm gonna do this again

Topic: Promotion on authors MB

Now I understand that this is a comparatively easier method for gaining reads as compared to other methods of promotion and who knows if you are lucky enough, it's gonna work very well too. And honestly I am not talking about that. I mean everyone wants reads and popularity. Fair enough? I agree

But the thing which irks me shamelessly promoting ur book on every author's MB continuously. I mean instead of copy-pasting ur book's link continuously, use that time to write a chapter or two. You'll have a better chance at being famous. Trust me.

It so irritates me to open any random author's book and check her MB to see if they have posted any update about their own book, only to see it being spammed with someone else's book link.

It is so freaking annoying at this point!!!!

As a fellow writer on wattpad, what do you think is the toughest trope/genre/concept to write. I'll go first...I personally think that writing multi-couple romances book are the toughest. Because each character, according to me should have a distinct voice, POV and thoughts. And somehow, when I try writing a multi-couple book, the tone gets mixed making all the characters sound somewhat the same.

Now, tell what is the toughest trope for you to write?