Board Thread:General Wiki Discussion/@comment-24821182-20141009101133/@comment-24304936-20141009114037

I get where you're coming from. When I was younger (and we're talking 20+ years ago), I used to read novels that would be barely passable by my standards today.

As for your cliché remarks, I think that what happened was so many submissions were beginning to follow the same formula. Just this past week alone, I must have deleted over ten stories that were essentially the same thing. Lots of readers just get numb hearing stories about not being able to fall asleep because of a tapping on their window. Or stories that follow the Jeff formula (gouge my eyes out with a spork). I'm not trying to speak for everyone, but I know I feel that way.

Anyway, there are many other wikis and other sources where people can read whatever cliché stories they want. As for us? We still need to hold true to great, original work that sets the bar.