User blog:LunaMouse23/Mouse's Guide to Writing AJ Creepypastas

Hello everyone! You've probably clicked on this because you wanna know tips for writing an AJ creepypasta (Or maybe you're just wandering the wiki). Let's not waste any time and get into it!

The Basics
We'll start with what a good animal jam pasta should be:
 * 1) Scary/Creepy
 * 2) Not cliche
 * 3) Convincing
 * 4) Not just excessive gore.

If all those are present, you'll have a pretty good pasta.

Examples
1. Scary/ Creepy- Try using a variety of words and add a lot of details to make your scene scarier*.

Bad Example- "Snow Articwolf was scared of the thing. It was coming closer to her and it was scary. It growled, and hit her with its claws.

Now, that's not scary nor interesting to read.

Good Example- Snow Articwolf was terrified of oncoming the creature. It was creeping slowly towards her, looking like an utter demon. It growled menacingly, and struck her hard with its sharp claws.

Now this adds a darker feel to the text, making it creepier.

2.Not Cliche- Don't do a story that's been done already. The point is to create something new, not to just remake something over and over.

Bad Example- A story about a werewolf pet*


 * This COULD be interesting if you truly brought something new to the story, but we've all seen this a million times.

Good Example-A conspiracy about AJHQ

This sounds more interesting,doesn't it?

3.Convincing-Make your story feel 'real', or as close to it as possible. You want your readers to really feel it! Add facts and details to help you with this.

Bad Example-The kid was never found after playing the game, and everyone forgot him.

It's not very convincing, you can tell that you just made it up.

Good Example- (REPORT:) A boy by the name of Maxwell Lee was reported missing last night. He apparently dissappeared shortly after playing a popular online game, Animal Jam. It is unknown if this  truly led to him going missing, but investigators believe it could have.

Doesn't that sound better?

4.Not Excesssive Gore-This is a common problem. Just random blood and guts thrown at us isn't scary. You have to rely on good story telling to lead up to it.

Bad Example-Then all of a sudden, blood exploded out of his pet. "Help!" It cried.

That's random gore. It's not scary (unless maybe you're frightened easily)

Good Example-He knew he shouldn't have let his pet go in there! "Rocky, wait-" He was cut off, for the pet had already touched the phantom. Immediately, the pet screeched in pain and started writhing. His eyes bulged, and blood spurted out. "No!!"

That's a very basic lead up, but it makes sense. All effects have causes, random/excessive gore does not guarentee scares.

Well,maybe that's helped you a little! Comment below if you have anything else to add!