The Pen Pal Project - For All Games!
Do you have a Sim (or two) who would like to share thoughts, ideas, and stories through correspondence with another Sim? If so, then the Pen Pal Project might be just for you! What is this? This i...
Forum Discussion
"MedleyMisty;15522006" wrote:
I was wondering what you guys think about the process of writing these letters, and how your writing is influenced by the writing of your Sim's penpal, and how it all works together to create the story.
I'm really enjoying the process! What I love is that the story (the plot of the Sims' lives) happens in the background. It may or may not be the focal point of the letters or of the joint story. Then we also have the story of the friendship. And we I love how there's so much room for character development.
For my letters, I'm using brand-new Sims. Jasper is my SimSelf, elderfied and made male, then Norman and Meadow are his "Play with Genetics" children (though in story, they're nephew and niece). Jasper has cheated-up skills, but Norman and Meadow were fresh out of CAS. Jena was adopted through the game, so she's game-generated. Giuliana Kruse is a townie whom I fell in love with, so I moved her and her family into an apartment.
None of them had a story from game-play, so I'm getting to invent their lives, which is really fun. Then I love the way that letter-writing allows us to play with the pace of reveals, based on the character of the two correspondences.
I also really enjoy the way that the character of the pen pal and his or her letters draws out certain aspects of our own characters.
I've always loved epistolic novels, and it's so fun to be involved with this big project! Like Ripu, I also really look forward to everyone's letters, whether they're my Sims' correspondents or not! :)
