Alessandra Ferreri: “Sure! As you know, Wattpad is a user-generated content platform that launched in 2006, and from the beginning, it’s been a space that encourages writers to tell their stories and ...

Remember the good old days when kids would read classics like The Hobbit and Pride and Prejudice? Neither do I. Those days were long gone by the time Wattpad stormed onto the scene, turning bookish ...

Tricia Gilbride was a Reporter for Mashable Watercooler. Tricia focused on the intersection of celebrity culture and the Internet. Previously, she worked as a fashion writer and a social media manager ...

Fanfiction may have a bad reputation for riffing off of other people's past ideas, but did you know that its readers and writers are actually surprisingly good at predicting the Next Big Thing?

Netflix original series and super hit "My Life With the Walter Boys" just wrapped up its eighth week among Netflix's most-watched English TV shows, a longevity rarely seen among the streamer's ...

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A story on Wattpad can become a box office blockbuster, be an ode to adolescence, or be kooky fan fiction starring presidents as vegetables In the past, to be published, writers often needed to be ...

Gather round, fellow adults and let me tell you a tale about fan fiction. While there are plenty of fan fiction websites on the internet (this is 2016, after all) perhaps one of the most popular, ...

When Anna Todd started posting fan fiction stories online, she never expected that her love of boy band One Direction would turn her into a sensation with a reported six-figure publishing deal. But it ...