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*<font color= "green">'''DO'''</font> think of an original idea. This is the most obvious. Copying a pasta will likely have it removed. Think of something not many people have done.

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*<font color= "green">'''DO'''</font> read other pastas for a general idea of what people like. Don't know whether or not your pasta is funny? Read generally loved pastas for a general idea of the wiki's sense of humor.
**However, <font color= "red">'''DON'T'''</font> use one joke as a reference. This will make your pastas get stale and most of them will get deleted, or at best, a ton of groans.
*<font color= "green">'''DO'''</font> think of an original idea. Copying a pasta will most likely have it removed. So think of something not many people have done.
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*<font color= "green">'''DO'''</font> read other pastas for a general idea of what people like. Don't know whether or not your stories is funny? Read generally loved pastas for a general idea of the wiki's sense of humor.
**However, <font color= "red">'''DON'T'''</font> use one joke as a reference. This will make your pasta get stale and likely deleted.
*<font color= "green">'''DO'''</font> write satire. That's what Trollpastas are; satire of normal creepypastas. Writing satire will give a true meaning to Trollpastas.
*<font color= "green">'''DO'''</font> write satire. That's what Trollpastas are; satire of normal creepypastas. Writing satire will give a true meaning to Trollpastas.
*<font color= "green">'''DO'''</font> keep a good knowledge of categories. The amount of uncategorized pages is staggering. Putting in categories will attract people. The more categories you add, the more likely someone will read it. However, you need to understand how the many categories work. We have the [[Project:Genre Listing|Genre Listing]] for that.
*<font color= "green">'''DO'''</font> keep a good knowledge of categories. Putting categories on your story will help attract people to it. The more categories you add, the more likely someone will read it. Check out the [[Project:Genre Listing|Category List]] to help determine what categories should go on your pasta.
*<font color= "red">'''DON'T'''</font> think just because it's bad, it's funny. This is they key rule to writing a good trollpasta. If it's an unreadable mess of caps and EVIL PATRIXXX, it's not funny. You can make it ALL CAPS, have very bad grammar, or have EVIL PATRIXXX, but don't exaggerate it. [[ZOMG IZ ZGARIEZED BAZDA LIGE 1337 H4X]] is a primary example of how not to obey this rule.
*<font color= "red">'''DON'T'''</font> think just because it's bad, it's funny. This is they key rule to writing a good trollpasta. If it's an unreadable mess of caps and EVIL PATRIXXX, it's not funny. It's best to avoid writing these types of pastas, as they almost always will turn out bad. [[ZOMG IZ ZGARIEZED BAZDA LIGE 1337 H4X]] is a primary example of how not to obey this rule.
*<font color= "red">'''DON'T'''</font> plagiarize. I think it's a lot more important than the above rule, but eh. Taking [[The Tale of Shrek]], replacing everything related to Shrek with... what say... Spy from TF2, and not doing anything else is not funny. If you're gonna make a blatant ripoff, at least add some original content. For example, if you're gonna rip off [[Sonic.exe]], add some more content.
*<font color= "red">'''DON'T'''</font> plagiarize. Don't copy an existing story and only change a few words in it. We used to occasionally allow these types of stories back in the day just for the novelty factor, but we've stopped in recent years.
*<font color= "red">'''DON'T'''</font> spam. This is why the One sentence category is generally frowned upon by the admins. Don't spit out short, unfunny and unoriginal pastas out at rapid speed. This is called pointsgaming, and is frowned upon globally.
*<font color= "red">'''DON'T'''</font> spam. Most of the time when a user makes a spammy pasta, it's usually only one sentence long or is a series of jumbled up text. Needless to say, it's not funny. One sentence pastas can be funny, but most of the time they fall flat. We encourage users to write stories with a bit more substance.
*<font color= "red">'''DON'T'''</font> make pastas that are essentially targeted harassment. While there are some not so good authors out there, especially in the Creepypasta sphere, we don't condone any harassment or hate directed towards them. Steer clear of writing stories that's main purpose is to bash someone. We're not about that.
*<font color= "red">'''DON'T'''</font> perform flamebait. Don't make a story just to bash something you don't like. That's basically begging for people to shout at you.
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  • DO think of an original idea. Copying a pasta will most likely have it removed. So think of something not many people have done.
  • DO read other pastas for a general idea of what people like. Don't know whether or not your stories is funny? Read generally loved pastas for a general idea of the wiki's sense of humor.
    • However, DON'T use one joke as a reference. This will make your pasta get stale and likely deleted.
  • DO write satire. That's what Trollpastas are; satire of normal creepypastas. Writing satire will give a true meaning to Trollpastas.
  • DO keep a good knowledge of categories. Putting categories on your story will help attract people to it. The more categories you add, the more likely someone will read it. Check out the Category List to help determine what categories should go on your pasta.
  • DON'T think just because it's bad, it's funny. This is they key rule to writing a good trollpasta. If it's an unreadable mess of caps and EVIL PATRIXXX, it's not funny. It's best to avoid writing these types of pastas, as they almost always will turn out bad. ZOMG IZ ZGARIEZED BAZDA LIGE 1337 H4X is a primary example of how not to obey this rule.
  • DON'T plagiarize. Don't copy an existing story and only change a few words in it. We used to occasionally allow these types of stories back in the day just for the novelty factor, but we've stopped in recent years.
  • DON'T spam. Most of the time when a user makes a spammy pasta, it's usually only one sentence long or is a series of jumbled up text. Needless to say, it's not funny. One sentence pastas can be funny, but most of the time they fall flat. We encourage users to write stories with a bit more substance.
  • DON'T make pastas that are essentially targeted harassment. While there are some not so good authors out there, especially in the Creepypasta sphere, we don't condone any harassment or hate directed towards them. Steer clear of writing stories that's main purpose is to bash someone. We're not about that.
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