User blog comment:Creepy Thomas O./How do you define creepy?/@comment-32071678-20150727172547

I'm not really sure I can define what makes something creepy to me and sound coherent while doing so. Really when I find a story creepy it's not because of just the idea surrounding it (Even though that is a big part of it), it needs to give off a kind of disturbing/paranoia-inducing vibe that keeps me wanting more. A lot of creepy things tend to be interesting and keep me up at night thinking about them, and as I think more about them they get creepier and creepier. Really I guess creepy to me is a mix of disturbing/interesting subjects that can pretty much keep their scare factor the more I think about them.

But as a little advice to you about how you keep receiving the "well-written but not creepy" tag, even if you do have creepy elements, if they aren't in the right context they can loose their creepy factor. You have to make sure you keep a certain air about your stories that can make the scarier elements really shine and catch your readers off guard. The more unexpected and intricate the creepy elements are, the more likely they'll be able to really stick with your readers.