"What should we call this?"...the making of a Sims story
Sul sul, Simmers. It's the holiday season, and it seems like as good a time as any to share my humble attempt at Sims storytelling with all of you. My twelve-year-old daughter, Z, is my Sims bud...
"SweetieWright_84;c-18076116" wrote: That was such a wholesome and heart-warming chapter.
Oh, thank you! I feel like I can write wholesome and heart-warming fairly well, because "wholesome" is a good description of who I've been all my life...from childhood to adulthood. I have fun capturing scenes like the Ross holiday celebration.
I'm not nearly as comfortable writing malevolent, mean characters; it's not as natural for me to think about what a character like that would think, feel, and say.
There's more background rambling behind the spoiler tag, if you're interested. Otherwise, we'll see you right back here with a new chapter this weekend. :)
I need "baddies" in my story, or it turns into an endless series of tales about good people doing good things. And, when I bring the antagonists on stage, I need to make sure I don't always write about them from the perspective of the "heroes." I think I might have to turn Seth Turner into a playable character, so his appearances won't be simply a matter of chance. I need him to do more than run around with a smirk on his face, because no matter how creative Z and I feel, we can't always turn that into a storyline.
But we'd still have to carefully choose the times when we send Seth out to be mean, so he won't come across as simply a creator of random malevolence. Seth's the closest thing we have to a villain right now. Z and I are almost looking out for another one. We might have to create one ourselves.
