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It has been over a month now and our new Sims 3 forum is still a hot mess. Notifications are broken, no custom avatars, and no subcategories (at least for Sims 3). We have been told there won't be pa...
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Whoa. That is...pretty awful. Who is reading Sims stories for literary content? Yes, some Simmers are great writers, but there's a huge variety in age, language, education, skill. I read them for the storytelling! Sims stories should be a place for people to experiment, to grow and practice with whatever they're trying to do, without judgement. (Maybe judgement on the scandalous Sims though! :D )
Even if a person is clearly not a native English speaker or is a newbie writer, it's the enthusiasm, the pictures (sometimes staged, sometimes live), the construction of the story they wanted to tell or were thrown into that draws people in. We all have our preferences for what kind of story we want to read, but to critique people putting themselves and their writing out there is pretty rude.
Sorry, I get kind of worked up about this. I am literally a librarian IRL, and the elitist attitude I see from people about what "counts" as reading material is just gross and puts people off from writing and reading. We don't need that in the Sims world.
Thank you. I am learning to write stories now, so my writing is not "Superb" and the way they worded their post, was very off putting to say the least.
I so get this! I post pics and little bits of humor sometimes, but I've never been brave enough to post whole stories. I made a tumblr to follow simmers, but not added anything. I look forward to your stories. :D