Do you like the idea of sharing what's on your SimLit reading list lately?
Then this discussion thread is for you! I was thinking recently about how much I love SimLit and I wanted a place to share my enthusiasm and passion for the game and subsequent stories. I started this idea on my blog, and then a fellow Simming friend recommended starting a thread on the forums.
Come and join us on once a month (or really any day) for SimLit parties!
Talk about your favorite SimLit stories and share what it means to you
Write a quick positive, uplifting review to encourage a fellow SimLit writer
Found a great one-liner (or 2 or 3) that really resonates with you? Post it here and tell us why.
Share a funny, inspirational, or meaningful screenshot or picture from someone's story or your own game.
Share your experiences and observations with writing SimLit and playing the Sims and how this connects to/impacts your life
If you write a post on your blog/Simblr about any of the above topics, be sure to link here. We'd love to read these posts and support you! This is an outlet to celebrate creativity, storytelling, and the Sims whatever version(s) you might have.
If you would like to help organize/lead discussions, please let me know. Also I would love for someone to create a logo
@AdamsEve1231 I would like to share with you that reading your Colt Family Traitacy made my week last week! I spent many mornings in a row with this family, and the story made my day! I love the characters, and I love their strange lives and choices!
Reading can play such an important role in our lives! For me, it helps me balance out the way my brain works, pulling the chemistry into order and helping me feel relaxed, stimulated, and structured, all at once! And your story, being so well written, did this so well! What joy!
Thank you for writing it!
And I highly recommend this story to everyone who loves a good read with interesting, complex characters and a gripping, engaging plot!
Reading helps me relax too. On that note, I want to add that your line about a fireplace and a thick novel of Dickens in your Whisper story inspired me to take myself on a date, curl up by a fireplace in a coffee shop, and read my thick novel of O. Henry. For my graduate school class, I am required to take myself on "artist's dates" as part of an assignment to build in "moments of rest" in my busy life, to nurture my spirit and give myself some soul care, and to nurture the artist within in whatever artsy way I'd like - so this week I chose reading. I love this class btw. I'll probably share more about it later here and on my blog.
That being said, my "Artist Date" with myself was inspired by CathyTea's story.
Whisper is a delightful TS3 ISBI challenge story by CathyTea following the wonderful adventures of her Simself. I am always so refreshed after reading this story because Cathy reminds me to pay attention to the things that really matter, to nurture my inner thought life, and to stop and smell the roses, enjoying the little things in life. I'd highly recommend this story too.
i like reading about kass .shes funny and entertaining . and i still have the image of her yelling at the fountain in my head . thank you for writing it. i also reccomend the kass stories to anyone who wants a entaining story with a few suprises.
You're absolutely doing this right, @friendsfan367. Anyone who wants to write about Sims stories they enjoy are welcome here. You can also share about your experiences writing SimLit and playing the game and how it relates to life. I, for one, would love to hear how writing the Benders has impacted your life and how you've grown as a writer, because I've witnessed this process somewhat and it's awesome! :)
"AdamsEve1231;15302413" wrote: You're absolutely doing this right, @friendsfan367. Anyone who wants to write about Sims stories they enjoy are welcome here. You can also share about your experiences writing SimLit and playing the game and how it relates to life. I, for one, would love to hear how writing the Benders has impacted your life and how you've grown as a writer, because I've witnessed this process somewhat and it's awesome! :)
well i cry more. as you know i wasn't intending to write about divorce. and i guess the impact is it sometimes it takes me a few days and posts to get everything right ,and because i never experienced divorce personnally so i want to take more time and get things right.
"AdamsEve1231;15302413" wrote: You're absolutely doing this right, @friendsfan367. Anyone who wants to write about Sims stories they enjoy are welcome here. You can also share about your experiences writing SimLit and playing the game and how it relates to life. I, for one, would love to hear how writing the Benders has impacted your life and how you've grown as a writer, because I've witnessed this process somewhat and it's awesome! :)
well i cry more. as you know i wasn't intending to write about divorce. and i guess the impact is it sometimes it takes me a few days and posts to get everything right ,and because i never experienced divorce personnally so i want to take more time and get things right.
Aww... that's awesome. I think it's good and healthy you let yourself cry. Sometimes I think people often get told not to cry and to shy away from painful subjects, but I love how so many Simmers are writing beautiful stories that move us to tears and are writing about painful and difficult things like divorce and trauma. I love how we take SimLit seriously because it has meaning and purpose to us and we hope others will share in that too.
I haven't personally been divorced, but I'm a child of divorced parents and let me just say all the stuff that you're writing @friendsfan367 is so authentic and the pain feels real and these are things that people need to talk about and deal with and admit to. The next part is under spoilers because I don't want to reveal details about the story for those who haven't read it yet.
I especially liked the chapter where Ayden admitted his side of the story and why he cheated and what it felt like to be cheated on. For him to admit all those things is so courageous and beautiful and inspiring. We need to confront our deepest, darkest selves and the pain and the ugly and the mess to truly live and heal and move on. Ayden is doing this and that is inspiring. :)
How about others of you? How has SimLit inspired you? How has SimLit helped you process emotions? What stories have you resonated with and why?
"AdamsEve1231;15302413" wrote: You're absolutely doing this right, @friendsfan367. Anyone who wants to write about Sims stories they enjoy are welcome here. You can also share about your experiences writing SimLit and playing the game and how it relates to life. I, for one, would love to hear how writing the Benders has impacted your life and how you've grown as a writer, because I've witnessed this process somewhat and it's awesome! :)
well i cry more. as you know i wasn't intending to write about divorce. and i guess the impact is it sometimes it takes me a few days and posts to get everything right ,and because i never experienced divorce personnally so i want to take more time and get things right.
Aww... that's awesome. I think it's good and healthy you let yourself cry. Sometimes I think people often get told not to cry and to shy away from painful subjects, but I love how so many Simmers are writing beautiful stories that move us to tears and are writing about painful and difficult things like divorce and trauma. I love how we take SimLit seriously because it has meaning and purpose to us and we hope others will share in that too.
I haven't personally been divorced, but I'm a child of divorced parents and let me just say all the stuff that you're writing @friendsfan367 is so authentic and the pain feels real and these are things that people need to talk about and deal with and admit to. The next part is under spoilers because I don't want to reveal details about the story for those who haven't read it yet.
I especially liked the chapter where Ayden admitted his side of the story and why he cheated and what it felt like to be cheated on. For him to admit all those things is so courageous and beautiful and inspiring. We need to confront our deepest, darkest selves and the pain and the ugly and the mess to truly live and heal and move on. Ayden is doing this and that is inspiring. :)
How about others of you? How has SimLit inspired you? How has SimLit helped you process emotions? What stories have you resonated with and why?
Right now, I'm incredibly inspired by @DeiraShadeweaver .... it's funny, because my Goofy Love inspired her to write her new TS4 legacy in a "Simmers' Commentary" rambling style, and her style is inspiring me to start a new section of my blog called "Author's Notes." I really miss having a place where I can share all the thoughts I have about life while Simming, the way I did in Goofy Love, so I'm hoping this new section does that for me...
I'm also very inspired by her other stories, too.
And I'm inspired by @Thymeless 's stories, also.
My list will get very long very soon, so I'm going to stop here for now (because I've got a chapter to post before bed) and then come back another time to talk about how @friendsfan367 inspires me and to also share about how SimLit helps me process emotions...
"AdamsEve1231;15303269" wrote: P.S. @friendsfan367 Thank you for all the kind things you said about Kass. I appreciate it. :)
your welcome kass is the benders 10 years from now what i mean is she went through what the benders are strugling with now and she now sees things differnt then the night it started. and i actually started reading kass before ayden went and shocked me. so without kass i might not have had the courage to try. hopefully that makes sense because i haven;t had coffee yet
@friendsfan367 Oh wow! *blushes* I feel honored that Kass inspired you and helped you feel courageous. Thank you! This just made my day! Probably my week! :) <3
So happy I found this thread! I love discussing other people's stories :) I'm on my phone but will pop back in tomorrow when I get home to spread some Sunday Simlit love.
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