User blog comment:Doom Vroom/Inspiration/@comment-25941663-20150505220110/@comment-26326346-20150505223953

Nah, it isn't weird at all. I've done it when writing fan fiction and a lot of other people have done it too. That's actually how a writer develops their own style according to Stephen King. I'd actually recommend picking up On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King. The novel doubles as a biography (which is really interesting) and a writer's guide of sorts. It has really helped me out. It was a fun read, I read it all in one sitting.

I'll be sure to check out In the Woods tonight, when I read Creepypasta :)

That's something I agree with. It is said that people fear what they don't know. So taking something that they know and making it into something twisted and unknown is a good way to make it scary and foreign to the reader.