User blog comment:CreepyheroofTime/How Far Should Obscurity Go?/@comment-25170312-20141013204633

Art doesn't have rules. The 5 W's (and 1 H) are really for non-fiction. The proper use of ambiguity is in itself ambiguous. I think as long as the reader is engaged, then the author has done a good job. If the reader doesn't understand what they read, but they enjoyed it, then I don't see a problem. Some of my favorite films are ones that made little sense until I read some explanations online. It's a delicate balance and it's hard to pull off well. As far as creepypastas go, it's best to just tell the author what you think and see if they agree. I've had people point things out in my pastas that I didn't really think were unclear, but then I agreed and worked on it.