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emorrill's avatar
2 years ago

Christmas Story 2024 help/ideas :)

Edited to add: This beautiful story has been completed and can be read HERE if you're interested. 👍🏻😊🎄 Thank you again to everyone who helped to contribute to the ideas for this story. 🥰

Hey y'all,

I know it seems pretty darn early for me to be thinking about writing another Sims illustrated Christmas story this year. 😜 But I guess that whole "Christmas in July" thing got to me. 🤣 Plus, I do like to prepare the story in advance so I can debut each new chapter in the days leading up to Christmas. I usually start writing in October...but I might do it as early as next month (September) this time around. 

Anyhoo, I was needing a little help with something and would also like some suggestions, if y'all don't mind. 🤗 Asking for help from others inspires me, especially when I feel like I am so terrible at coming up with names!! 😬🙃

*So first, I wanted to say that this time around I want there to be a leading man in my Christmas story, since all my other ones have featured leading ladies. (And pretty much all Christmas movies feature leading ladies too...) Gotta give the guys some love for once! 💗

I actually did come up with a decent name for the leading man 😆 but I need help with something else in regards to him.

I picture him looking something like this:

Handsome right? 😏😍

So I wanted to ask if any of you - off the top of your head - have a Sim in mind that looks very similar to him? And can point me in the direction of where he is in game so I can kidnap him, as CravenLestat would say? 😉😄

Now y'all are probably thinking, "Emorrill, why don't you just CREATE him? You've done that many times before!" 
True...but I'm a little limited on time these days and if I can find a similar sim in game, that I can just tweak a tiny bit, that will save me more time for writing. 👍🏻 
and maybe I'm currently not in the mood to create a sim right now...

That being said, please send me your Premade Sim suggestions. 😊

**Second, I am looking for some nice twin girl names. If you have any suggestions there, please send them my way also. 

Thank you y'all. 💗 It's very much appreciated. I will make sure to give reference to your ideas if I choose them for my story. 👍🏻

Have a great day my friends. 😊

29 Replies

  • soocoolsim's avatar
    soocoolsim
    Hero
    12 months ago

    What lovely ideasgraceymanors ! Hmm… methinks perhaps the last one could even evolve to a Christmas decor challenge. 😁

  • me1620's avatar
    me1620
    Seasoned Ace
    11 months ago

    I am enjoying the sneak peeks.  Andre is good looking.  With Declan and Andre being co-workers, that will be a very good looking office or worksite.      

  • Hey friends who are still following this thread. 😁

    Just wanted to give a little update on the story. I'm on Chapter 6 and it's at 16,258 words! 😀⭐

    Normally I plan on doing 10 Chapters or less for my short Christmas stories, but...we'll see. 😉

    I'm getting excited for the day I get to share it with y'all. 😊🎄

  • emorrill's avatar
    emorrill
    Hero
    11 months ago

    MiataplayOh you can count on it. 👍🏻😁💜

    I've already been looking up new poses that I don't have. 😛

  • I'm about to download  pose player again so I can play like the old days ( Sims 3 modeling) ! 

    Animations make this game so incredibly fun to play. ☺ 

  • UPDATE Y'ALL! 😃

    I just finished writing the Christmas story!! 🎉🎄 Squeal! I'm so stinking excited to share it with y'all, but of course I have to stage it all in game first. And you bet I'm getting excited about that too! 😊

    December 1st can't come soon enough! ⛄

    As proof - not like y'all really need to see proof, but it's fun to share 😁 - here's my page and word count numbers from Google Docs. 

    As you can see, in the heart at the top right corner, it's me. Lol! And sorry I had to blurt out the title with pretty Christmas colors - and not show any story text - because I'm not ready to reveal all that yet. 😏 Sorry to tease. 😘 I'm just so excited!!

    If you can't read that picture very well, the story ends at 75 pages and 32,321 words. 👏🏻 Now, that might change as I go back and polish up the story, but yeah it is FINISHED! ⭐

    Thank you again to those who helped to inspire this story. It's another one I hold close to my heart. 💜

    Stay tuned! 

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