Nick Uskoski

Building a Growth Mindset: How Online Platforms Help Authors Build Global Audiences

Audience: All Levels

What would happen to your production and promotion if you moved from writing prose for yourself to writing posts for others? This session, chaired by Jane Friedman, author of the influential Hot Sheet newsletter, and bringing together Wattpad authors Tamara Lush and Loridee de Villa, alongside Wattpad’s Head of Content and Creator Development, Nick Uskoski, explores how platforms like Wattpad help writers to build community and reach new readers, followers and fans. Discover firsthand how talented indie authors harness the power of digital platforms to cultivate thriving global fan communities.

Nick Uskoski

Head of Content and Creator Development, Wattpad

As Wattpad’s Head of Content and Creator Development, Nick leads a team of story enthusiasts who help find and develop the platform’s next big writer. As the first point of contact for writers, Nick’s team communicates with millions of writers, working across publishing, entertainment and technology. The team is also responsible for developing programs that ensure Wattpad remains the best place in the world for authors to make a career from their writing.

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