User blog comment:Umbrello/Jeff the Killer: I Feel Nothing, I Fear Nothing/@comment-25052433-20161023092303

I like your title, it actually sums up how most folks feel about old Jeff these days. And of course, congrats on writing and completing a project, that in itself is always an accomplishment.

Now, as you well know I too took a stab at this story last year, won a contest and posted the results. What I can tell you, is that even though I felt, and still feel, that my product was vastly superior to the original, you can perhaps expect a degree of heat for even writing a JtK story these days. If you take a quick gander at the comments on my story, you'll see that the majority are negative, with some being down right nasty. As a writer, I choose not to be bothered by negative reviews, as they are part of the process, however, there is a certain degree of joy that comes in postive feedback that you'll notice is missing when you receive the negative ones.

When it comes to JtK, I've found that there are really two categories of fans that you'll receive most of the negative stuff from. You've got your die-hard Jeff fans that love the original and all the Deviantart weirdness that goes with it, such as Jeff and his pals all living with Slenderman in some mansion in the woords. These types of fans will generally reject anything that breaks away from the classic formula.

Then there are those within our community that simply hate the story and anything that goes with it. You could create pasta gold and they'd still find something to hate about it simply because it is Jeff. Next thing you know, you wind up like me, featured in a four part Bad Creepypasta video on Youtube where a bunch of guys sit there and rip your stuff up.

However, I'll also say this. I have no regrets in the project from last year. I still believe that my story deserves its place here and that it is indeed a massive improvement from the original. For all the negative comments, I cannot ignore the positives, such as the 2 hour feature length reading of that story done by Chilling Tales for Dark Nights as well as interest from artists and even indie film producers. So, you get good and bad when you attach your name to Jeff the Killer I suppose.

I'll be sure to read your story and leave you a proper review as soon as I can. I just wanted to jump in here and share a bit of my experience with writing a Jeff story, the good, the bad and the Jeffy. Again, congrats on completing your project and I look forward to reading it.