User blog comment:NathanLeachman/How to Spook Your Readers!/@comment-26475800-20160316235912/@comment-26475800-20160318015258

Hey NathanLeachman,

I was rampaging the other day when I posted this. I was sick and just acting like a dick, while some of the things mentioned above may be valid and there are some things that you said which I may disagree with, I shouldn't have come at you like that.

I know you were trying to help people with their writing, and that is a noble thing to do. However, I would advise that if you are going to make something like this you should go more into detail on how to improve what you are saying they should work on. Don't just list some things off and be like, this will make your story scarier, but not give advice on how to do it. If someone hears those things, that is all well and good, but they still don't know how to execute them properly.

That is my main issue with this post and a lot of the others like it. People say, this is what you have to do to become a better writer, but never tell how to do it. It doesn't quite work that way. If you want to help someone become a better writer, try and tell them how to improve.

i.e.:

I was reading you story and notice that all your sentences are kind of short, you should fix that. It makes your story look childish, and messes with the flow. Here are some of the sentences which could be combined by a comma or a semi-colon: yada yada yada.

Also, the reason why this could be done differently is yada yada yada.

See, if someone took the time to do that, it would make a person a better writer. However, if someone who doesn't know how to write would do that it would really destroy the persons writing when they could have become something better but took advice from the wrong person.

So, yea, sorry for coming at you so strongly. But I do kind of stand by what I said, just not as rude as I had said it.