Top genres on Wattpad
Wattpad stories span every genre under the sun. We adore the breadth of creativity our users bring to writing. While we welcome this vast variety of stories, here are just a few of the genres that we know perform well.
Exploring tropes in storytelling
Wattpad users loooooove tropes. You’re all trope experts! Enemies to lovers, bad boys, only one bed–Wattpad writers and readers know tropes inside out and backwards, and everyone has their favorites. But let’s take a minute just to break down the idea of a trope in a bit more detail.
Hot Encounter: genre guide
There are three crucial components to a Hot Encounter story. The story must: 1) follow the development of a central romantic relationship 2) be set in our contemporary world and 3) end with a happily ever after.
Dangerous Love: genre guide
Disclaimer: Dangerous Love and its associated subgenres (mafia, underground fighting, romantic suspense) have historically tended to be very heterosexual and heteronormative, with an emphasis on hyper-masculine dominant men and submissive women. When we’re describing the genre, we’ll use language that reflects this, with the dangerous love interest being a man and the main character being a woman. But this is intended to be descriptive, not prescriptive. Feel free to innovate on these conventions as your heart desires!
Werewolf: genre guide
While many stories include werewolves, the Werewolf subgenre as it appears on Wattpad has some unique features. In this primer, we’ll dig into the core components of Werewolf and the central appeal for readers.
Wattpad webnovel examples for inspiration
In this module, we’re going to examine some excerpts from successful Wattpad stories and think about what makes them work. There are no right answers here; the point of these exercises is to think about why the authors are making the creative choices they do and what it means for the story they’re telling.
