What is Wattpad ?

[MzSnowleopard]

I've heard that Wattpad is a good place to share parts or all of your works in progress. My questions are:

Is this a site for serious works with intentions towards publication? Is it just another site for fan-fiction / literary RPG like The RPG Organization (my site) and fanfiction net. I've heard about it, have been told it's a good place to share works in progress, but when I look at the site I wonder about the contents / context.

For example- there are a number of stories shared with the same title as one of my series- The Zodiac Chronicles. However, what I can't tell is if they're working towards publication or just writing to write and share (like on The RPG Organization & fanfiction net).

Has anyone had experience with this site? What do you think of it? What's your interpretation of it?

[Theglasshouse]

Are your first rights protected though? Critters workshop is a lot of work but if you get a piece there supposedly you can get twenty reviews. The problem is you need to wait a month, and need to critique non-stop for a month. On top of that they must like your critique. Think 4 critiques to review one story you posted per week, and the critique needs to be if I remember 600 words or more. But you get feedback from published people. If you can tolerate that it may be better than wattpad after you have a finished work like a novel. That and its entirely done by email so first rights of works are protected under that system. That's 24 critiques you need.

I wouldn't post any work in fanficiton.net for concern for first rights, which is as I understand you published first under a company's contract. But I dont know what 1st rights means and admit I need to do more research.

[MzSnowleopard]

I do appreciate the info on Critters but my question is about wattpad.

[Art Man]

I don't like Wattpad because you can't format your text and the way it presents your posts just looks unattractive. If you want to seriously publish something for your resume submit to a magazine or book publisher but don't put your best stuff on Wattpad, that'll kill it and you won't get much valuable attention. Wattpad is like a datawell to throw your trash into.