Board Thread:General Wiki Discussion/@comment-10950063-20131125204106/@comment-10950063-20131208185841

Chibi maniac wrote: This is a wonderful guide, it's quite helpful. I have one question. Does a story ever get deleted for no reason at all, even if it has no grammatical or punctuational errors at all? In addition, does a story get deleted just because someone doesn't like the characters, or perhaps the storyline in general? I'm somewhat new to this wiki, so I want to gather as much information as I can before I consider broadcasting a story. Thank you so much for this! A story never gets deleted for no reason at all. Whether someone agrees with the reason is a different story.

The next question is trickier. The only answer is: it depends. In regard to character, the reasons for deletion might include being a Jeff knock-off or being written in away that hurts the story. I know that's vague, but it's hard to describe. For storyline, it can deleted if it is overly cliche or if it's too vague (mystery is good, but there needs to be some concrete and decipherable elements).

It's very difficult to give hard and fast rules for story-writing. The best advice I can give is try to think about how real people would act (and not how people in creepypasta act) and do what you can to avoid cliches.