Board Thread:Administration/@comment-24376429-20140210140502/@comment-5199865-20140210191045

The Bitter Cold wrote: JackdaMan171 wrote: Oppose - I believe scary stories and creepypastas go hand-in-hand, sort of like pastas are the scary stories of the 21st century. I agree it's about quality over quantity; if it's well written, it can cause fear and dread with the belief that things aren't right, no matter what "type" of story it is. Writing stories is a great hobby to have and adhering to your strict definition would only be discouraging. Everyone else is stating what I agree with and many users are already discouraged. At the same time, this wiki isn't a sandbox for aspiring writers, either. The mission of this wiki is "to have a fairly well stocked library of well-written creepypasta, including very obscure and rarely posted, to user-created original content." In short, don't publish your story unless it's good. If the stories are not meant to unnerve and shock the reader, then what are they doing here, exactly? They should be at least loosely based on the creepy and paranormal, and if not that, then have some degree of shock value. Exactly. The site's OC should come from serious writers who actually know how to write. I don't understand why anyone would post a wall of text; they're impossible to read.