User blog:TheMajorAlex/10 Cliches That Grind My Gears About Creepypastas

I love creepypastas. I really do. Sure, there might be a lot of junk out there, but there are some really good stories that just don't get the attention they need. If you're writing a creepypasta, don't do these next ten things that I'm about to list in order of annoyance for your convenience.

10. Writing About Serial Killers
Seriously guys, we've had enough of your Jeff spinoffs. Things such as Clockwork, Eyeless Jack, Ticci-Toby, etc. are all just wanting to be like Jeff. The reason this isn't higher is that there are some good stories about serial killers. Just take a look at Warning, one of my personal favorites.

9. Fluff
"Imagine yourself in the middle of a field, the crisp, cool spring air dancing across your face as you feel your legs tremble as someone kicks you in the back of the leg with such tremendous force that you couldn't tell if you were hit by a rather large semi truck or a fast moving blue sedan"

This is exactly what I mean by fluff (I made that up, by the way). You don't need to spend nine hours describing something when a brief one, maybe two sentence description would have sufficed. Do this instead:

"Imagine yourself standing in the middle of a field on a crisp spring evening. Someone kicks you in the back of the leg with tremendous force, and you fall to the ground."

8. Writing About Video Games
Before I go on, NES Godzilla is one of the best creepypastas ever written; so engaging, well written, well documented, the ending. Oh god, it makes me wet when I think about it.

Anyway, writing a "spooky" story about Pokemon has been done approximately a bazillion times. If you MUST write about a video game, make sure it's something genuinely different and unique such as Ben Drowned. The only reason this isn't higher is NES Godzilla and because there are several good ones: Mr Mix, Jvk Morrowind, Ben Drowned, and NES MOTHERFUKIN GODZILLA.

Yeah, I really like NES Godzilla if you couldn't tell.

7. Micropastas
I know that I'm going to get a lot of hate, but I don't like micropastas. They fail to scare (although no creepypasta really scares me, I just like the stories), they don't have any plot, and they don't have any depth. This is probably the only one on this list that's just me. Again, it's not higher because there are good ones such as The Girl on the Train and Home Alone, which possibly has the least expected ending ever.

Speaking of endings...

6. "Twist" Endings
It's relieving to find a story that just kinda ends without a "he was dead the whole time" type of thing. If you're going to put a twist, make sure that it's something  absolutely nobody whatsoever  was expecting. A great example is a little known one called Fun Fact. If you can't put a twist not even the most attentive reader could see coming, just kinda end the story instead of putting a disappointing ending. I'd also like to point out that this my opinion and my opinion only because not a lot of people complain about endings in creepypastas.