User blog comment:GotPunked/Gathering Information and Opinions on Pasta/@comment-24381191-20141125130138

Here's what makes a bad pasta in my opinion:

1. Bad grammar.

2. Use of cliches. This brings down some potential pastas, in my opinion. It's not that the use of cliches is bad everytime, but usually it's terrible. Would you like to read a pasta with 666? Sometimes, cliches can be used to your advantage (Cabin in the Woods) but that's hard to pull of without seeming generic.

3. Using a story someone has already done. The most popular example of this is Jeff the Killer. So many people write JtK with just the names changed, it's tiring. Especially the fangirls.

4. Rushed. Another thing is, that, in a hurry to put something out, writers rush their pastas. They don't slowly build the suspense, just quickly churn out a story that, unless it's a micropasta, is usually bad in quality.