User blog comment:Banningk1979/Writing Advice for the Solid Writer/@comment-25024572-20150417131515

While I do agree with most of those, I do have a comment or two on what you said about first person stories.

The idea that "something happened, so rather than have me tell the cops, I'll post on the Creepypasta Wiki" doesn't quite work all the time. Sure, if the writer says, "This is the only place I can put this story and have people believe me", then I get your point. However, if it's just the main character narrating their life and what happens (like in my story, er, poem, Amara. You're not the only one who can self advertise), then I won't really wonder why said character decided to put it here. It's kind of like when I read a book done from a first person POV. I don't wonder why the character decided to tell his/her story in book form, I just go along with it.

Anyway, you do make many good points, and I've had to deal with the opposite of some of these things through my Riffs (I've seen too many anime pictures of the main OC character), so it's nice that you have this nifty little guide.