🧵 1. Netflix strikes gold with "My Life With the Walter Boys," a Wattpad original story turned hit TV series with long-lasting popularity on the platform. #tech
🧵 1. Netflix strikes gold with "My Life With the Walter Boys," a Wattpad original story turned hit TV series with long-lasting popularity on the platform. #tech
🧵 2. Critic score of 40% on Rotten Tomatoes, but audience score of 72% shows the show's appeal to viewers.
🧵 3. A sequel to the original story, "My Life as a Walter Boy," remains unpublished and its release plans are unknown.
🧵 4. Online platforms like Wattpad and Archive of Our Own give amateur writers a platform to showcase original and fanfiction works.
🧵 5. "Fifty Shades" started as Twilight fanfiction, proving the power of online platforms as E.L. James became the world's highest-paid author.
🧵 Read more at: https://www.forbes.com/sites/maryroeloffs/2024/01/31/netflix-turned-a-high-schoolers-wattpad-original-story-into-smash-tv-hit-with-my-life-with-the-walter-boys/