Good Stories

Good stories.

This story is neither a creepypasta nor a sad tale, or even a fairy tale; this story is a guide to help you write the worst best story imaginable. Before we get started, I'd like to warn you, this has been made by a puny thirteen-year old and her 15 y.o. sister because the first girl is too lazy to do it herself.

Warning: if you find this worthy of the ultimate Cringe Prize, don't post it in the comments! It's disrespectful. Please just find another thing to read. There's plenty!
So, now, let's get into it~

Creepypastas
Creepypastas are usually cliche. This is common.

"the old cliché “one man's meat is another man's poison.”"
Don't worry about your story repeating words over and over again, except my rule is if it's major, get it out of here! Do you want sentences like "Rosy walked to Rosy's mom and Rosy's mom smiled. "Rosy, let's go to the movies." Rosy nodded and went up to Rosy's room." This is another reason we use pronouns and '''nicknames. '''These are both important.

Creating a good nickname
So how do you know what the right second name for your character is? Take a look at the first few letters. For example:

Allison = Allie or Ali

It doesn't always have to include the first letters, like in the example above. It needs to match the center, though. Another example is Skylar to Sky, or Ashley to Ash, but those are also common and very alike.

Gwendolyn can easily be turned into Gwen. When you create a nickname, you usually alternate between using that and the actual name, and some characters may call your animal, person, etc.- by one name and somebody else by another.

Nicknames make it much easier.

'''What if I have a short name? '''Rosy can be the nickname for a bigger name, which could be her real name. If you started with Eve, make it smaller or shorter for Evelina, or something along those lines.

Doesn't this sentence, using pronouns, seem better: "Rosy walked up to her mom eagerly, looking up to see her mom smiling down at her. "Let's go to the movies today!" She said cheerfully. Now Rosy smiled as she nodded and quickly sprinted up the steps to her room."

After using that, you could start by letting your reader explore Rosy's room. It could be a key place for one of the scary events that might later happen in your story.

Basic clichés
Clichés can also sometimes be story titles. If your story is about a scammer, you might put "Scammer Danger" or "The Headdress Scammer". These don't capture your reader's attention as much as "The Nightmare On Scammer Street" or perhaps "Loss".

A good story name for a different creepypasta type, such as spiders, may be "The Walking Horrors" or "Stretching", and maybe, maybe "Coming Closer". Another good idea might be "Eight Legs".

Still, these aren't the only ones. Repeating pointless gore is not very good, either.

Intriguing Sentences
You want to put a sense of tension in your reader, to scare them. Did I say that out loud? Oops.A smart way to do this might be about them walking through a corridor with a secondary character, or one less important. Jump-scares and plot twists would be nice. Put some shock into your reader before the horror, like this sentence:

"Emily took Alicia's hand. The bench creaked and the eerie silence that followed made both of them shiver. Lighting a small candle, Alicia whispered to Emily, "Are we going to be alright?" Meanwhile, the creature lurked in the shadows, waiting to make its move..."

Isn't that intriguing? At least, more than saying something dull.

Gore Warning!
Be careful about the amount of pointless gore that you use. For instance:

"I walked into Jamaa Township, it was full of the usual people begging and trading. Suddenly I saw a black and red animal. I went to their den and it was full of blood and animal skulls. Suddenly the wolf came into their den and they started ripping my animal apart and tearing out my organs. A voice came through my speakers: DON'T GO TO DENS, KID."

V.S.

"I walked into Jamaa Township, not expecting anything but the usual: animals big and small begging for items or trading. Out of the corner of my eye, I caught a wolf with unusual colors. Everyone seemed to be ignoring him. Curious, I clicked on his nametag. His red and black wolf didn't appear, but kept loading. I shrugged it off and clicked to go to his den. Once I got there, I realized it was empty. Just as I was starting to leave, my buttons went grey. Was this some kind of glitch?

Nervous, I looked around. I almost fainted- the wolf was standing in the middle of his den, motionless. I clicked to make my animal, a poor arctic wolf, move closer to the red and black player. My arctic wolf seemed to be flailing, fighting against the wolf- doing things that weren't permitted in Animal Jam.

The wolf tore his claws through my animal's body. My mouth dropped open. How... then something else made me jump out of my skin- a raspy voice croaked, "Don't go to my den next time..."

*** "

See, isn't the second one a lot better? Not sure if you could tell, I put " after the ***s signs and stuff. Anyway, that's probably all you need to know! Have any questions? I'll add a section to them!

Sad Stories
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