Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-26968151-20170622021314/@comment-24101790-20170622021727

The best advice I can give is to focus on making the best possible story you can. If it's good, people will share it, talk about it, and even nominate it for our spotlighted section. Making a story based on popular trends (like Deep Web pastas for example) tend to get lost in the muddle of other writers who are following leads. It's best to not focus on what's popular and instead focus on what makes a good story interesting (effective story telling, reliability/believability, interesting characters/themes, etc.).