User blog comment:Gbr10013wrrw/Absolute WORST cliches?/@comment-25547916-20160311021930/@comment-4849011-20160317001548

This brings up a point I made on an old thread (http://creepypasta.wikia.com/wiki/Thread:43560) which is sometimes it's the content that makes a story bad, sometimes it's the style, and sometimes it's both. I noted, "I’m not saying that it’s impossible to write an effective horror story about a cell phone that suddenly makes animal noises, soggy food, gastrointestinal distress, or glasses (eyeglasses, sunglasses, drinking glasses, etc.) which stay smudged no matter how much you try to clean them; I’m just saying it would take a genius on the level of Edgar Allan Poe or Shirley Jackson to do it." A gifted writer like Stephen King can write an effective story about any subject, but lazy writers fail to bring anything fresh to the table.