“The lights went out and I saw a woman looking at me from the corner.” “There’s something in the basement and it’s been eating neighbourhood children.” Instead of “a terrible thing happened” actually explain what the terrible thing was. If you’re going to use something like the above, be specific.
Honestly, a lot of titles still edge this line very closely, but be careful, because the moderators will delete something if they deem it too clickbaity. There’s something in the basement that does terrible things.The lights went out and a terrible thing happened.I live on a farm, there’s something horrible in the barn.
I’m a (profession), and (something happened/these are my stories/etc).Taken directly from the rules, that means things like: “If you see/hear/do this…” “I went to this place and saw/heard/did this…” “I (verbed) and then this happened” etc.Ĭlickbait titles are expressly forbidden. A quick glance at the front page shows a lot of the same trends in titling. NoSleep stories tend to have titles you would never see for actual stories, and this is fine. How do you pick which ones to read? The title, of course. This may seem obvious, but if you visit a website and you’re presented with 100s of new stories a day, you probably only have the time (and inclination) to read a few. For some reason, stories tend to have a lot more luck when posted at this time it’s even worked for me! You might have written the most amazing story in the world, but if no-one ever sees it, how can they read it? Now, this is something you can play around with yourself, but quite a few authors recommend posting it early in the morning, for example, around 7 am UTC -5. That makes it terribly easy for your story to get pushed under the rug and lost amongst the rabble. At any given moment there are usually around 2000 people there, reading your stories. NoSleep is a huge reddit, with close to 12 million followers. That’s right, my first tip doesn’t have anything to do with your story itself, but the time you post it. Everything is true here, even if it’s not.” You can’t just post any old horror here, it has to be ‘true,’ so here are a few specific tips to help you out. As the mission statement on the website states, “ NoSleep is a place for authors to share their original horror stories. I dare say that the majority of people visiting this website first heard of me there! Today I’d like to talk about a few things that I believe can help you write a better, more successful NoSleep story. I’ve been a member and active participant of the NoSleep reddit for quite some time now.
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