Sometimes I think I'm getting too old for Wattpad, or at least reading most of the books on here.

I have read amazing books and I know that there are more out there that is definitely worth the read, but it feels like I keep stumbling on the ones that just don't work for me.

I'm not saying the books are bad, they just tend to annoy me because the characters are really childish.

A young me would've read those books without a complaint, but now I'm turning 21 and honestly I find myself rolling my eyes more often than not.

High school stories are fine, because I expect that behaviour from high school students, but then I read books about college students or people that are working already and I can tell that it's written by a 15 year old, because honey, that is NOT how life works.

I unpublished my stories temporarily, but while they were still published someone asked me why all my characters are in their early twenties and my answer is that I relate better to them.

Yeah, I might write a high school story again, but that's not where I am in my life.

I'm currently in university and I have spent time working in the field I'll be working in one day, so I know what to expect and that is what I subconsciously expect from Wattpad books.

I feel that if you're writing about a phase in your life in which you haven't been, do research or ask someone in that phase to tell you more about it.

For example, I won't write a pregnancy story or one where the characters have little kids, because I know absolutely nothing thereof.

There's this saying in Afrikaans: Skoenmaker hou jou by jou lees.

Basically it means stick to what you know...

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Do you agree?
Do you not agree?

PS I'm not saying the stories are bad or that you shouldn't write about an idea you had for something you haven't experienced ❤️