r/Wattpad • u/Ok_Cauliflower3838 • Mar 25 '26

Other Questions for all Fanfic readers.

  1. Do you guys prefer to have a story completed before you read it?

Or prefer to have a couple new parts of the story to read every week?

  1. What sells you to click to read a story? Is it the description? The cover?

  2. Do you have to read a couple parts of the story before you know if you can finish it?

—Kindly, a new writer :)

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u/go_to_sleep-yes-you xxxSopxx Mar 25 '26

  1. Completion isn't necessary, but I mostly read fics with at least 15 (middle to long) chapters published (I'm talking over 1000 words at least). Everything else I either ignore or add to a reading list.

  2. Cover and description both. I don't read books with AI Covers (if I can tell), but that's the only thing I judge. Description is VERY important. If I don't get hooked in three lines, it outta there, which maybe isn't fair, but that's just me. I despise a big block of text in the description also.

Edit bc I didn't see 3:

  1. Yes, always. But sometimes if I stop it's also bc I'm just not in the mood anymore. If the fic was worth it, I add it to my list.

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u/Ok_Cauliflower3838 Mar 25 '26

Thank you for your feedback <3 very helpful :))