Board Thread:Writer's Workshop/@comment-10319977-20151014231140/@comment-25170312-20151015004646

I guess a non-admin should weigh in here.

I really liked "I Slit My Throat Once" when I first read it, but it technically doesn't make sense since you refer first to yourself and then to your host. The host is the one who's throat is being cut, but you say "I slit my throat once". Also, being just one sentence, I'm not sure it qualifies as a creepypasta or even a micropasta. It's more like a nanopasta.

None of the others are very good, imo, except for "A Buffering Video". They're either unimaginitive or written in a clunky fashion that undermines the elegance of a micropasta. It can't just be short, it needs to flow properly and not have any excess wordage to stumble over.

Example: The fact that she's dead isn't what made me cry myself to sleep; it was all the recent reports of body snatching in my town that did the trick.

"The fact that" is a little too clunky for a micropasta. "Did the trick" isn't a good phrase if you're trying to be creepy. "All the recent reports" doesn't need the word "all". You almost don't even need "in my town". Basically, it's not written to hold the reader's attention to the point where the purpose of the micropasta is delivered properly. It also doesn't make much sense.

"Best Friend's Suicide" and "Life of Lies" seem rather unoriginal. "My Grotesque Nightmare" is kind of silly. "A Wall is Broken" is just some guy doing a major oopsy. "A Third Batch" is just uninteresting. None of these are creepy at all and rather uninspired.

In closing, you shouldn't trust people's "praise". A lot of people praise things that are awful. I agree that most of these are just not good enough or long enough to be worthwhile.