The Don'ts of Wattpad

By RosesGardens

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A list of writing problems common among many Wattpad writers that I have complied over a year of critiquing. More

The Don'ts of Wattpad
Multiple Narrators/POVs
Write in ALL CAPS
Multiple Punctuation Marks!!!!!!!!!!!!
Uncapitalized i's
An Author's Note on a Serious Chapter
Lack Breaks Between Dialogues
Unidentified Thoughts
Prologue Synopsis
Be general with the Summary
Make Purposeless Chapters
Ask me for a critique

Use Numbers Inapropriately

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By RosesGardens

Inapropriate number usage is very common on Wattpad, but that is understandable since in school, at least my school anyway, it isn't really taught unless you ask about it. The rule of numbers is you only use then when you are either takling about the time (e.g. 15:56) or the number you are saying takes three or more words to say (e.g. 176). There are other exceptions but they don't usually come up and it's usually pretty obvious if you should use the numbers. If the number you are saying takes two words or less to express then you write it out (e.g. 21 would be twenty-one).

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