User blog comment:Darksparx/Thoughts on What Makes a Good Creepypasta./@comment-5000412-20141109162234

Sykokillah and BanningK have already made some great points, but I'd just like to heavily stress keeping originality. Avoiding cliches is important, but it's also important to write in a way that stays true to you. Don't write how you think it should be written, but how you want it to be written. Even if the story falls short, at least you're learning more about your own style than the style of someone else. A common feel I've gotten over a few years is that many pastas are written in a narrative style that's very similar, one that more so tells the story than actually showing it (some of my earlier stories are guilty of this fallback).

Keep on writing.

-E