User blog:JoeBee James/Why its hard to make 'Found'/why its hard to make a good creepypasta

The Beginning of the story
The beginning of the story is that way that a story starts, and is important later, however just making the beginning of a story is hard, with tons of outcomes and ideas to be made, it's almost impossible to choose one.

Body of the Story
The body of the story is like a human body, it needs parts, and the heart of a story is where things start to click together eventually. Most creepypastas struggle with this because storywriting is hard. Orginal ideas are hard to discover as well, so don't blame first creepypastas for being bad, especially if it's from someone who has never wrote a story in their entire life.

Length
The length of a story is important, because a short story if often critized (by me and others, as there is a whole category dedicated to 'very short' pastas) by others, so it is important to get enough ideas down so the page is long enough to fit writing expectations. However, some people struggle with this because of: short attention span, lack of ideas, procasination, and other factors. This includes me, which is why "Found" is taking so long to be finished.

Climax
The Climax is the most exicting part of a story, and the middle of it, too. This is where most of the praise for a peice of writing comes from. If your climax is boring and unintresting, your story will have low ratings, and often put under special categories.

Ending
The ending of the story is perhaps most important, because there are lots of pastas on this wikia that have cliche endings, such as the writing being interrupted by the antagonist, or with a "blegh" ending such as saying "then evrything was normal again and everyone was happy i was happy and my friend too"

Getting past Trollpastaland
Trollpastas, as called by the wikia, is a pasta that is purpousefully made to troll others, like in the name. Categories such as this onehave been created due to these trollpastas. Trollpastas are widely regarded as boring, stupid, and [****]tty writing that fills up half the wikia. Rarely do the pastas that deserve praise are recognized because of these...

Avoiding Cliches
Cliches are overused plot elements that are considered awful. Avoiding cliches is hard, even for the most expirenced writers. This often occurs in movie writing.

Time
Time plays a huge role in pasta making, because no time = no progress. No progress = No Pasta. No Pasta = No anything. I have varied times to write freely, so this element can be unpredictable. However weekends and holidays are a dream come true due to the unlimited ammount of time I have.