Lunes, Agosto 1, 2016

Facts About Wattpad.



Facts You Should Know About Wattpad.

  •  More than 40 Million stories to read.
  • 25 Million “wattpadders” and growing.
  •  6 Billion minutes spent on Wattpad every month.
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  • Wattpad helps reducing paper consumption, saves energy in book production and eliminates the need for packaging materials, saves fuel for transportation, and reduces the energy needed to recycle paper books.
  • By reading on Wattpad you are saving the planet! saving 7 million trees from being packaged up into printed stories that once you read them are more likely to end in a book shelve for the rest of its life.
  • Wattpad is available in over 50 languages.
  • Around 63% of users are located outside North America.
  • 77% Wattpad’s content is written in English.
  • Some Wattpad users often volunteer to translate their favourite stories into other Languages. (i.e: “The Accidental Skype Call” by LouisYouHottie, with more than 8.8 million reads, has been translated into more than 6 languages such as GermanTurkishDutch or Tagalog.
  •  Wattpad was launched in December 11th, 2006.
  • Allen Lau and Ivan Yuen are its Founders
  • Wattpad is the world’s LARGEST community of readers and writers.
  • Wattpad was an original idea based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.image
  • Wattpad’s original idea was to revolutionize the way people write, read or share their stories.
  • Wattpad can be consumed by adults and kids, however its largest range of users are mostly teenagers.
  • It’s considered to be the biggest under the radar eliterature community on the web.image
  • Wattpad hosts an annual competition called “The Watty Awards” or “The Wattys”  in which wattpaders enter their story in three different categories:Original FictionPop Fic, and FanFic. These Awards recognize the most popular content on Wattpad, winners are chosen by a jury of expert wattpaders who are active in the community.
  •  In The Wattys Awards of 2013, one of the finalists was chosen to work with Sourcebooks editors and have their work developed for possible publication. image
  • The Wattpad Prize defines itself as “the first contest to celebrate the achievements of both readers and writers in the community.” The most dedicated, experienced and engaged readers on the community will be chosen to be a part of the jury and these wattpaders review the stories submissions for originality, creativity, structure and grammar. Winners  will be awarded withThe Wattpad Prize Writer Award, a mailed hardcover copy of their winning story, an official congratulatory letter, and be featured on the Wattpad website and mobile apps for a month.
  •  In order to access to Wattpad’s content you must register. [You can do it here.]
  •  Wattpad has one of the largest ranges of writing categories among the web. On Wattpad you can read stories tagged in categories such as: Romance, Fantasy, Paranormal, Horror, Historical Fiction, Fan Fiction, PopFic, Short Story, Spiritual, Classics, Science Fiction ,Humor, Mystery / Thriller, Action, Adventure, Teen Fiction, ChickLit, Poetry, Vampire, Werewolf, General Fiction, Non-Fiction, Others.
  • If you have any doubt about in which category your story fits in  you can check Wattpad’s Content Categories here.
  •  Famous celebrities such as Eva Longoria have confessed themselves addicted to some Wattpad Series such as Georgetown Academy. 
  • Recently wattpad encouraged their users to get involved in a project which aimed to help readers all around the world enjoy the literary classics in new ways. Readers could reimagine and reinvent book covers for such timeless tales such as Jane Eyre’s, Dickens Charlotteimage
  •  To help spread awareness about AIDS, on World AIDS Day, Wattpad partnered with the Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation (ETAF) and put together a reading list that shares real stories of people living with HIV and AIDS.
You can read these moving stories here: Living with HIV/AIDS reading list.

Linggo, Hulyo 24, 2016


Stories You’ll Love
    Whatever you’re into, there is something you’ll love on WATT PAD



Wattpad is a storytelling community in which users are able to post articles, stories, fan fiction, and poems, either through the website or the mobile app. This gives people the chance to have their creative works available to a wider audience. The content includes work by undiscovered writers, published writers, new writers, with all users being given an equal chance to write popular works. Users are able to comment and like stories or join groups associated with the website.
                 
Brief History: Allen Lau is the co-founder and CEO of Wattpad, the world's largest community of readers and writers. Founded with Ivan Yuen in 2006, Wattpad is removing traditional barriers between readers and writers and building social communities around stories.


There are many people who are addicted in Wattpad website. They inspired many people who read wattpad. 
                                        TOP TEN (10) BEST REVIEWS IN WATTPAD
      
  
The Taming of Victoria Colton

Wild and willful Victoria Colton had only one desire: to go to Africa and travel the world in search of adventure. Disrupting her plans comes an ultimatum from her guardians, weary of Victoria's hoydenish ways. By the end of the London Season, Victoria must find a husband or her inheritance will be withheld. Finding himself in the same boat as Victoria, Gabriel Sinclair must find a wife or the Hawthorne title is passed to incapable relatives. Having spent half their lives detesting each other, they are now suddenly united with one common goal in mind: to remain unwed, even to each other.

                                                                    TRILOGY BOOK  
                                                                   Until He Was Gone
Until He Was Gone (Book 1 of Until Trilogy)

Si Klare Montefalco ay ipinanganak sa isang kilala at marangyang pamilya. Everything is perfect. Mahal siya ng pamilya niya at mahal din niya ang mga ito. Her life is simple. No drama, no sweat, no nonsense. Nang tumibok ang puso niya, doon niya napagtanto na ang bawat pader na inakala niya'y matibay ay natitibag din. Na lahat ng pinakaiingatan niya ay maaring mawala sa kanya. Dahil may mga pag ibig na kahit anong gawing iwas mo ay lagi kang tinatamaan. Iyong pag ibig na umiilag ka na, bull's eye ka pa rin. Iyong tipong sinarado mo na ang pinto mo, pilit paring kumakatok. But Klare's fierce, she wouldn't let that happen. No. She will risk her heart just to protect her comfort zone, her home, her everything.
    
    Ngunit sa pagkawala ng pag ibig niya, doon lang din ba niya mapagtatanto kung ano ang nawala sa kanya? That she had lost everything when she let him go? Is she ready to fight for it now? Now that he's gone?

Until He Returned (Book 2 of Until Trilogy)
Nang malaman ni Klare na hindi siya tunay na anak ng kanyang kinilalang ama, nag bago ang ikot ng kanyang mundo. She's torn between her love for her family and her desire to seek for the fragments of her real identity. Sa kalagitnaan ng lahat ng ito, pilit din siyang binabalikan ng mga alaala ng nakaraan. Her past is haunting her. But she knew it is impossible to turn back the time. Pinanindigan niya ang mga nagawang desisyon noon at tanggap niyang may mga tao na dumadadaan lang ngunit hindi nagtatagal. Ngunit paano naman ang mga umaalis at magbabalik?
    
    Sa pagbabalik ba ng kanyang minamahal matitibag ang kanyang mga paniniwala at desisyon? How will she handle him now that he's back? Will she fight now? Now that he's returned?


Until Forever (Book 3 of Until Trilogy)

Elijah Montefalco never liked this particular girl cousin. Naramdaman niyang ayaw sa kanya ng pinsan niyang ito at hindi naman siya 'yong tipong ipagpipilitan ang kanyang sarili sa taong ayaw sa kanya. They were family so he needed to deal with her sometimes. Mabuti na nga lang at marami naman sila kaya hindi na napapansin ng iba na ayaw nila sa isa't-isa. But there was a reason why he never liked her...  Pero bakit nga ba? Ano ang nangyari at bakit nagkaganito? Paano sila napunta dito? 
    
    And after all the sacrifices, would they still make it through? Kaya nga kaya ng pagmamahalan nila na lagpasan lahat? Paano kung hindi pa nga naayos ay unti unting mawawasak ulit? Is their love really a curse? Can't they live happily even just for a moment? Is their forever too much to ask for?

The Bet (Just The Way You Are)


When Drake Swift lost in a bet, his best friend wanted him to court a girl in a month and ask her to be his girlfriend. After she said, "Yes", he will tell her that he doesn't love her and all that happened between them was a game. But what if Sophia Taylor,  the girl his best friend chose, is clever than they think she is? What will happen if she knows something about their pretty little secret?

Must Date The PLAYBOY! (PUBLISHED)
    "I know I'm not the type of girl that you usually go out with. I'm not sexy, I'm not attractive and I'm no fun. I'm plain and boring with no charm at all. The only thing good about me is probably my brain, which everyone finds boring. But I must ask you this...Mr. Zachary Anderson, can I be your girlfriend?"
    
    This is the story of a simple, rich and shy-type hotel heiress, Victoria Peige, trying to steal the heart of the hottest and most popular playboy in their school, Zachary Anderson, for the sake of her friend.
    
    Can Miss Goody-Goody win the heart of the Ultimate Bad Boy despite the rivalry their parents have in the business world?
    
    Will she be successful? It's for you to figure out

Must Hate The PLAYBOY! (PUBLISHED)
   After all the LOVE.
    
    After all the LIES.
    
    What would you do when your EX comes back?
    
    What could be Victoria Peige's decision?
    
    Let Zachary Anderson go? Or give him a second chance?

Ms. Nerd Transformation
Define Nerd?  Isang katawa tawa sa school. May makapal na salamin, buhaghag na buhok at manang manamit. Yan ang nerd.

Si Diane ay isang Nerd. Palagi siyang binu-bully at pinag tatawanan. Wala siyang kaibigan kahit isa. Inaasar din siyang "Panget na Nerd".

Anong mangyayari kung mag ta-transform ang isang Panget na Nerd sa Magandang Nerd at mag bago ang katauhan niya?

Subaybayan natin ang kwento ni Ms. Nerd sa kanyang pag ta-transform. :)

The Cell Phone Swap (Fate's Game #1)
Keeley accidentally swaps cell phones with a rivaling high school's star quarterback. Unable to switch back until a week later, she must interact with the arrogant boy, passing along texts and voicemails. As she gets to know him better, she realizes there's more to him than sexual innuendos and egotistical comments. But when identities are revealed and secrets are exposed, will Keeley's feelings remain?

Arranged to a Gangster [Completed]
Janessa Hyle Montavidad. Mataray, Spoiled Brat, Maldita, at Palaaway. What if she meet THE GANGSTER? And that gangster is also her fiancé?! And that GANGSTER is TRACE CHUA. A cold gangster, nakakatakot, nakukuha nya ang lahat, at etc. Ano nang mangyayari sa buhay ni Janessa? Magagawa pa ba nya ang pagiging mataray nya dito? Pero pano kung mahulog ang loob nito kay Trace? Ano kayang mangyayari sa buhay nila?

The Hoodie Girl | Wattys 2016
We put on a fake smile to hide the pain, yet we wish someone would look closely enough and see how broken we really are inside."

Socially awkward is a phrase that she'd use to describe herself.

Meet Wren Martin. She blocks off herself to the world, hiding behind her favorite hoodie, believing that if she does this, her agonizing pain will never resurface - that tears and nightmares will be a thing of the past.

When she arrives at her over-the-top high school, however, certain circumstances lead to her meeting the school's most popular and notorious boy, Asher Reed, who has his mind set to change everything she stands for, and save her along the way. 

MISS NOT PERFECT #Wattys2016
She's a girl with few words. She  has everything that she wants, the epitome of beauty, brains and talents. They think she's perfect but no one is perfect, that's why she's miss not perfect.

DM: Crazy In Love #Wattys2016 #JollibeeRomance