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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I think I have a way of conflating how something is supposed to be with my personal expectations/preferences. I like a plot to latch on to, but is that something that should be a part of SimLit, or something that I just like? As much as I can say "I often don't enjoy reading legacies without plot", I think that players who write those at least deserve a spot in the community like anyone else.
I write what I like to write.
I don't know if this was the exact story/author that made me think "SimLit can be exciting and deep, or at least have a lot put into it," but I started out reading stories on a different forum and ones like:
- Mission Highly Unlikely
- The Aurora Immortal Dynasty
- The Classic Immortal Dynasty
- The Elysi Immortal Dynasty
Uh, other than giving me ideas of what challenge could best frame my ideas (take a wild freakin' guess!), something about those four and others that aren't coming to mind made me think harder about what I could do with the game. And all those stories, great as I think they are, tended to stick to whatever an unmodded game offered them. Maybe it was motivation for me to take this further. Who knows.
I write what I like to write.
I don't know if this was the exact story/author that made me think "SimLit can be exciting and deep, or at least have a lot put into it," but I started out reading stories on a different forum and ones like:
- Mission Highly Unlikely
- The Aurora Immortal Dynasty
- The Classic Immortal Dynasty
- The Elysi Immortal Dynasty
Uh, other than giving me ideas of what challenge could best frame my ideas (take a wild freakin' guess!), something about those four and others that aren't coming to mind made me think harder about what I could do with the game. And all those stories, great as I think they are, tended to stick to whatever an unmodded game offered them. Maybe it was motivation for me to take this further. Who knows.
