User blog comment:AB1997/Behaviors That You Dislike That Aren't Against the Rules/@comment-26030957-20151121151502

Hi everybody!

I just thought I might throw my two cents into the ring here.

Feedback and criticism are some of the things that make this site so great. I've gotten intelligent responses from multiple members such as Shadow Swimmer, Jay Ten, and Grim Aux (to name but a few) that has made me go back and change elements of my stories for the better. Being a member of this place has been a great boon to my writing and helped me tremendously.

That being said, I think we should try to be positive and support each other. Being insulting and a hater serves no purpose and just makes you that much closer to being a troll. We are all in this together, and if some of us can make it in the legitimate writing business it will give exposure to this site and creepypasta in general and be a positive asset to the rest of us. I've taken my fair share of creative writing classes and write on several sites besides this one. I am also a part of a novel writing group, and if there is one thing I've learned it is that while pointing out flaws and inconsistencies is important we should also encourage each other, cheering each other on, stating what works and what we like as well as what we don't, and celebrate our successes.

There really is no room for name calling, throwing around words like stupid, or calling each other thirteen year olds (funny in the case with Snake Tongue, since he is really only fourteen--the quality of work from the teenagers on this sites never fails to amaze me, by the way).

When I read a pasta that is truly terrible, or filled with grammar mistakes, I usually say nothing at all. John Irving, one of my favorite writers, says he doesn't give bad reviews, just ignores the writing he dislikes. If I have been requested to review a story that I find atrocious or problematic, I often take the kinder approach of simply commenting personally to the writer on their talk page, and thus sparing them the embarrassment of having a bad review.

Being loud and crazy can be a lot of fun, though, and is one of the things that makes this site special and often hilarious. As many of you know, I can be a bat-shit-crazy, obnoxious motherfucker. But personally insulting a writer, or belittling someone because of the prose they worked so hard on is cruel and really serves no purpose. Just my opinion, of course.

Happy Thanksgiving to you all, keep writing, stay creepy.