Wyrd Girls - WHIYGT, Creative Corner or Blog? - Resolved

The general discussion area gets more traffic, but the creative corner does allow you your own space. If you do create one make sure to post a link in the whiygt thread so we can favorite it and get notifications when you post. And then if you stop by the thread and at least drop teasers with a link now and then hopefully everyone who wants to follow will be able to find it.

I post little snippets of my story in the “What Happened” thread and then expand on that in a dedicated thread in the creative section with a link to it in my signature. People who want to read it can favorite it and get notifications of updates. I’m too lazy to maintain a blog. ?

I post screenshots all the time in the Creative section. Never tried photos. I know there was some problem with one of the subsections having issues with images, but the Stories section is fine for me. My main issue with the Creative section is that the narrative stories get buried beneath a million challenges. I think they would find a bigger audience if the two were separated so the stories can stay on the front page for more than a couple of hours.

Hi @luciusstorm, I too had this dilemma. I found myself posting in both WHIYGT threads, and although there a periods of time I don’t play the Sims, I like to share everything about it when I have the time to play. Since I was so acclimated to the forums, I ultimately decided to create a thread in creative corner.

I agree with others that if you decide to move your story there, it’s best practice to let others know where you’re moving. I definitely see less traffic over there after switching over. However, it appears from this thread that you’ve got some loyal readers, so I’m sure they’d find you anyhow ? As for pictures, I’ve never had any issues posting screenshots. If you plan to include any, I think the guideline is to just use a spoiler tag for excessive screenshots and/or text. The best “pro” about creating a thread is that it’s yours, so you can write long-winded stories, or you can provide small updates, everything goes!

Overall, I would highly recommend if you’re worried about spamming the current WHIYGT thread to move on over if you please. I think you’ll have a positive experience and won’t regret it. Best of luck and happy simming!

"cyncie;c-18146495" wrote:


... My main issue with the Creative section is that the narrative stories get buried beneath a million challenges. I think they would find a bigger audience if the two were separated so the stories can stay on the front page for more than a couple of hours.

That is a problem. Sounds like there is enough demand now that the forum admin could separate them into two sub boards. You could try posting this request over there to ask for it.

@GalacticGal You can post images in the creative corner in the same way you do on any other thread.
There was a point in time recently when initial posts in a thread wouldn't allow images, but subsequent posts displayed images fine, and that was true for the whole forum.

@Catzilla @cyncie I usually use my bookmark list to view the creative corner. It works well and I get notifications through the forum whenever there's a new post on a story I'm reading.

@luciusstorm I'll happily read it wherever you post it :) I kind of agree with your feeling that more than once a day is a little much for the what happened "Today" thread-- given all the back-and-forth among various storytellers that is the fun of that thread-- but that's just one reader's opinion.

"mightysprite;c-18146683" wrote:


@Catzilla @cyncie I usually use my bookmark list to view the creative corner. It works well and I get notifications through the forum whenever there's a new post on a story I'm reading.

Thanks for that. That’s how I follow things, as well. I’m mostly thinking of new readers coming to the section and finding the front page flooded with 100 baby challenges. I’m not sure how far in they dig to find other things.

Thanks everyone for your insights. I think I'm going to go for it... I'm going to create a new thread in Creative Corner, copy my current Wyrd Girls posts from WHIYGT over to it and update my story there, maybe with teaser posts back in WHIYGT going forward.

Also, I have to say thank you to everyone who is enjoying my story.

@luciusstorm I shall make certain to bookmark your post! I'll give feedback, most likely in the WHIYGT? thread, perhaps. Tagging you, of course.

I haven't got any experience with storytelling, though as a reader I'd love it if you started a thread some where. I feel like I've missed some of your story on the days that I have been away from the forum. This way it would be easier to keep up with :) I'd say to make it less time consuming and easier for you creative corner might be the better option.