The Art Commune Reading Circle

"CathyTea;14889867" wrote:

"AdamsEve1231;14889815" wrote:
Can I ask everyone a question? What made you decide to write the story you did and/or what inspired it?

So, I think I already shared what inspired me to write the series--it was Medley's excitement about the 30 Days of Simming project (plus her awesome list of prompts) combined with NoWayJose/MooninCapricorn's posts about conflict as the fuel for scenes combined with a post that Tara Mohr made about "Writing for You."

Now then, the inspirations from the specific prompts came from a quiet moment in the office--I think I'd just finished my snack of apples and peanut butter with a cup of hot organic Mexican free-trade coffee (hence one of the prompts I came up! It really was in a red cup, too!) . So I was feeling relaxed and dreamy and open and happy. I just started letting the ideas flow--I love to do that! Little stream-of-consciousness brainstorming.

When it comes to write the story for each specific prompt, I tend to go for visuals--a lot of the prompts are pretty visual, anyway. And then I think about the specific conflict/issue/or scenario which that image symbolizes to me. It's been really fun--then the most fun of it is seeing the surprises, the ways that the different stories intersect.

@CathyTea I love Mexican coffee too. I love the feeling of holding a warm oversized mug between my hands and taking a big deep whiff of the deliciousness.

I try to balance a combination of visual inspiration in the game and coming up with text to follow or writing text and staging screenshots. It depends on the day and my frame of mind and what style I really want to do for the day. I love how the game seriously helps me break through writer's block when I just play and don't have an end goal in mind. Does anyone else find the game helps with writer's block?