Fun fact!
"It Ticks At Midnight" has been on hold for AGES even before I posted it on this app. It was on hold for so long, I stumbled across it during a writing project for high school and added a short ending (unrelated to creepypasta) and submitted it because I was being lazy. :')
But, to my wonderful surprise, my teacher praised the work multiple times, offered me spots on writing competitions and such, and presented the story for the class to read.
Life is funny. Put your work out there. I am not a big writer, quite small actually, and I'm far from the best. However, you'll be pleasantly surprised how far you can get by submitting something you think is bad.
Thanks for coming to my Ted talk.