The Art of Sims Storytelling
Hi guys! @CathyTea and I were talking, and we thought we'd try making a thread that would be focused solely on writing, especially Sims story writing. The writers' lounge thread is great for being ...
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Okay, to start us off:
I noticed this bit in the Q & A about Dust to Dust - I hope you don't mind me using this, @CitizenErased14. ;)
So here are some questions that we could begin with:
Do you have any preconceptions about how SimLit is supposed to be? Or did you used to have some, but you've grown past them as you've read and written more Sims stories?
If you did have any preconceptions, how did they affect your writing and reading?
Are there any stories in particular that made you realize that Sims stories could be more than what you thought they could be?
I noticed this bit in the Q & A about Dust to Dust - I hope you don't mind me using this, @CitizenErased14. ;)
The biggest change I would make is to re-write my first 10-15 chapters and make them longer and more detailed. When I started writing this, I kind of "held back" on my writing, if that makes any sense? Like, I intentionally kept my chapters around 500 words or so, didn't do as much description, etc. And honestly, it was kinda because I was like "This is how SimLit is supposed to be, and people reading this will not want to read anything too long or wordy". Then somehow between chapters 15-20, I just got so invested in the story that I didn't even care anymore, and stopped holding back :lol:
So here are some questions that we could begin with:
Do you have any preconceptions about how SimLit is supposed to be? Or did you used to have some, but you've grown past them as you've read and written more Sims stories?
If you did have any preconceptions, how did they affect your writing and reading?
Are there any stories in particular that made you realize that Sims stories could be more than what you thought they could be?
