There's a new (well-financed) platform out there that helps aspiring writers connect directly with readers: Wattpad. The online social reading/writing platform already has over 5 millions stories posted, and millions of viewers visit each month. Investors see it as the YouTube of writing.The service is free, and by joining Wattpad, writers can upload their novels a chapter at a time and get comments from readers. Some stories have had tens of thousands of views and comments. Readers get to have a participatory role in the creation of stories that's rare outside of writing groups and the publishing industry.
And the social writing site is not just for amateurs. Recently, Margaret Attwood joined the site and began posting some of her work. She's also judging this July's poetry contest on the site.
What do you think? Would you consider joining the community and posting your work?
—Kathy
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