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Here's my thoughts on writing creepypastas:

First and foremost, horror is one of the most if not the most difficult genres to write. So that challenge has a certain appeal to it. You need more than characters, setting, and plot; you need tension, something many writers (even on this site) fail to do so. You can write about gross and disgusting things all day long, but in the end, you need a sense of unease preset throughout the majority of the story to properly scare the reader.

I personally started writing horror stories (not creepypastas; this is just the site I believe will get the most use out of my short horror stories) to deal with depression and other mental issues. Having an outlet to deal with such things works wonderfully and translates well onto paper. Each writer has a different reason, whether it be the simple enjoyment in writing horror (which most writers share), the desire to be well known in the creepypasta "lore" (which is much more difficult to do than one might think) or simply because they can (if you can effectively unnerve a reader in such a short space, then you know you're doing well in your work.

That's all I can think of off the top of my head. If you have any questions, I'll gladly answer them.