User blog comment:Banned In CP/Common Flaws in CP Writing/@comment-10502460-20180210033731

1. Not knowing how to properly balance writing techniques unique to horror with writing techniques general to fiction. Too many cp writers, perhaps myself included, fall into the trap of creating a story by "thinking of something I want to make creepy, making it creepy by just adding stuff happening that isn't supposed to happen and then having a vague supernatural or monster reveal at the end" with no other buildup, release, or structure. This is something I have myself been trying extra hard to avoid lately.

2. Mistaking vagueness for creativity. There are too many pastas that go something like this "You're sitting alone in your room at night and you hear a noise. Maybe it's a serial killer.  But no, you're a rational person so you realize it's probably not a serial killer.  But what you don't realize is that it's actually me hiding under your bed" or "We all know monsters aren't real.  But what if they are real?  What if all our irrational fears from childhood somehow become real just by us paying attention to them?" You know what I'm talking about.