User blog comment:DeadCogTheProxy/Any tips on writing a creepypasta?/@comment-27007772-20150422032330/@comment-26054278-20150423231708

Personally, you shouldn't neccessarily start with a character when trying to make the story original. Usually, I come up with a good concept or simply start writing at random and see if the writing is going anywhere.

In other words, make a story or an idea you want to play around with, try writing some possible plot details, and then work the characters in after all that.

Also, while maybe the writer of JtK was inspired by something, that doesn't mean it isn't OC content. Technically, probably almost everybody who has written a Creepypasta was most likely inspired or influenced by something.