A year ago, if you come across a writer, the first thing you ask is ‘Where is your book?’ (and you most likely expect a paperback, with the name of a popular publishing house endorsed on its cover). But today, it is undeniable that you are most likely to find more books on the internet than you can ever hope to find in printed pages.
Wattpad saw that coming, and the online company made a community of writers, readers and readers trying to write.
Anna Todd was one, she had jobs that were as demanding as they were odd and she took to writing on the internet as Wattpad gives users license to upload their own story without the rigors of a publishing traditionally, and she took advantage of that. As a fan of the music group One Direction, she reinvented the group’s members into college students and weaved a romantic story around them that spurn into 300 chapters and the result? Her book After have been read 1.5 billion times! (As reported by CNBC)
The popularity helped her land a deal with Paramount for the movie rights and a book deal with Simon & Schuster with both deals giving her seven figure earnings each.
Writing online is the next big thing and if you are done submitting to those editors, you can try showing the public what you have, who knows, the editors may be begging the next day.
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