Wattpad 30 Days Challenge

With me being brain dead on what to write on lately, let me just wrap up some stuff.

Having just changed to a new job, I'm still adjusting and since it's year end, my boss are ALWAYS flying on holiday and not around *bore*bore*bore* Besides the new job adjusting, baby is celebrating her one year old birthday on November, which is just next month!! YES! It's the BIG 1 and I've been busy searching for her cakes, venue for the party and also the decorations! Lots of things to do and very exciting! But also being a lazy person, I'm always looking for the best way out to solve whatever issue I have on.

So now, on to the topic, what is the Wattpad 30 Days challenge? It's just a writing challenge, you see. Start on 1st November 2014, they are challenging writers to pledge to write a 50,000 words write up until the end of November 2014. Challenging , isn't?

Now I wonder if I can accomplish this feat... ? Of course I'd be worried and shits like that because I'm always having writers block! I just hope that other accomplished writers on Wattpad can give good writing tips for my heads up and stuff like that. I pledge to do this #JustWriteIt ! Follow my work here !

Similar But Not The Same, WattPad vs Keitai Shousetsu ( 携帯小説 )

Previously, I've mentioned before about the infamous trend going on in Japan called the Keitai Shousetsu ( 携帯小説 ) where mobile phone users write using their mobile phone and their stories on each chapter is quite short but interesting. An American website, TextNovel.com, lets its user experience the same way as the Japanese does, only it's in English  (●´∀｀●) hurrah for me too!

Now this brand new site that I came across, is somehow similar to Keitai Shousetsu feel but different in a way, whereby, instead of writing short on each chapter, authors can write as if they are writing novels. Very western feel to it. （￣ー￣）I like this too of course. Wattpad is without doubt, a site filled with good story tellers. I've been hooked on to a few unknowingly and have been continuously following their story. Very addictive if you ask me. 

Unlike TextNovel which have an application that is available in iOS platform, Wattpad have application for both iOS and Android platform. Interestingly, it is also available on Blackberry platform. 

Another plus point for Wattpad is that, if you like the story that you are reading and you would like to share it to your other pals on other social sites, you can actually choose to embed them to your websites! Of course you can share them on Google +, Twitter, Tumblr and etc. Nice, isn't? I don't need to mention about Facebook as well, do I ? Ｏ(≧▽≦)Ｏ

Pros and cons shared, I like both sites and am still following the stories from both sites. What can I say, writers from around the world fascinates me and the way they spin their plot out is even more interesting. That is what I like about these writers. Unlike those who had their books published, these writers are more raw and true, sometimes, writing out of their own feelings and fantasy. 

Keitai Shousetsu （携帯小説）Cellphone Novel

We all realized that in every manga or Japanese dorama, especially those that relates with high schoolers life, it will show the kids updating some novels or reading some novels using their phone. Adults included too, but they read mostly instead of writing them. This trend began for quite sometime already and it is indeed very popular among the Japanese and it has began to spread to the Americans, South Africans, and even Germans as well, I think.

As mostly can't read Japanese but liked the idea of having their novels published or read by others, regardless it's nice or not, those Americans have given talks, educated their people and even made a page and further developed a mobile application, similar to maybe what the Japanese have, of this 'Cellphone Novel'. Being the blogger that I am, after a little researching, this phenomena is indeed a wonderful one. I mean again, who don't like to have their works reaching out to many? In real life, being a novelist is not easy. You write hundreds of pages and try your luck in various publishing house. If you're lucky, you'd hit jackpot of being a famous writer. If not, you'd just end up hitting walls. 

Cellphone novels are just 70-100 words per chapters in Japanese sites, but then again, some may go up to lengthy ones per chapter, just like your normal novels. People download their favorite novels and read them up and they can even communicate with the author by commenting or maybe drop them a private message. 

This website, called Textnovel.com which is further developed into an Apple Store only app, eMobo, is in English and meant for those who'd want to do the same with the Japanese. From what  I gather, it's an American site as its carrier is all American carrier. AT&T, Verizon, Virgin and etc. Irregardless, you still can create an account and write your own stuff to publish in this website or even via the app. Interesting, isn't? This method of literacy is indeed a good way to spark students interest in reading and writing and I personally, loved this and am following quite some writers in textnovel.com as well as thinking of my own novel to write :)

This whole thing, in its own way, is no different than an e-book. Only difference, it comes in various genre and you don't know the author and some may be silly.