How to Write a Creepypasta Story: A Short Guide for Beginners

Generatorfun
2 min readAug 6, 2021

What the hell is Creepypasta?

Some of the most famous creepypasta stories are “Help Help” and “The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill.”

Creepypasta is a subgenre of horror fiction that consists of scary stories which are primarily found online. It is often considered to be part of a larger internet subculture, known as creepypasta culture. Creepypastas tend to be written in first-person point-of-view or past tense, with third person limited point-of-view. The genre’s name comes from the term “copypasta,” which is short for “copy pasta.”

How to Start Writing A Story That Will Terrify Your Readers

As a writer, you know how difficult it is to get your first story published. But, once you do start writing, the process doesn’t have to be difficult.

There are a number of things that you can do to start crafting a terrifying story for your readers that will make them hold their breath and keep reading. First off, find a genre that you’re interested in writing in. It should be one with which you have some knowledge about and can identify with. The next step is to come up with the main character’s personality traits and backstory. The last step is creating an outline for your novel — this will help you stay focused as well as provide structure for your story development process. As long as these steps are followed, getting published should be much easier than…

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