User blog comment:Zumokiworks335/CREEPYPASTA WIKI IS FOR PRO'S/@comment-5614678-20160713231140/@comment-5614678-20160714003757

@Dorkpool

It's right here. The first thing you see what you open the site.

And while those rules sound ridiculously easy to follow, there's a bit of a trick to it. See, the first rule is objective, you can tell if a story has good spelling/grammar just by reading it. But "make sense" and "full of cliches" are pretty subjective.

Look at Eraserhead is a movie that makes absolutely no sense to many people, but it has a narrative and a meaning. Certain people won't find "sense" in a story where others will. "Sense" is derived from personal perception.

And cliches are a whole other matter entirely. A lot of major, best-selling stories are riddled with tropes and cliches. Sometimes people can use them in a subverse or clever manner, or just make use of them in a satisfying and entertaining way. Cliches shouldn't be considered 100% toxic in all instances - as it says in the guidlelines (yes, I have read them myself.)

As a side note, I just want to state very clearly and unambigiously that none of this is coming from an area of hostility or angry, I'm simply stating my opinion in a civil and (hopefully) constructive manner. I don't want anyone to feel attacked or uncomfortable over the things I'm saying here. This is discourse, not an argument.