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 liked reading peoples' thoughts about showing "mundane" life moments in stories.
It's interesting -- I enjoy reading about those things, but I have a hard time WRITING them. D2D was so plot-driven that I felt anything that did not contribute to the main plot was just "filler". I think that's the big difference between SimLit and non-SimLit stories. The everyday moments don't really get shown in "regular" stories, but since The Sims is a life simulator, it makes sense to feature these moments in SimLit!
I think my struggle was that I didn't really think of D2D as a "SimLit" story... Just a story that happened to be illustrated by sims :lol:
I definitely see the beauty in showing those "mundane", everyday moments of life. I'm a huge fan of character development and introspection and I feel like chapters that feature these sorts of moments are great for that!
PNN, while light-hearted, will still be very plot-driven. When I start my Legacy in the new year, I plan on keeping it more casual and exploring more of those everyday moments in my writing :)
It's interesting -- I enjoy reading about those things, but I have a hard time WRITING them. D2D was so plot-driven that I felt anything that did not contribute to the main plot was just "filler". I think that's the big difference between SimLit and non-SimLit stories. The everyday moments don't really get shown in "regular" stories, but since The Sims is a life simulator, it makes sense to feature these moments in SimLit!
I think my struggle was that I didn't really think of D2D as a "SimLit" story... Just a story that happened to be illustrated by sims :lol:
I definitely see the beauty in showing those "mundane", everyday moments of life. I'm a huge fan of character development and introspection and I feel like chapters that feature these sorts of moments are great for that!
PNN, while light-hearted, will still be very plot-driven. When I start my Legacy in the new year, I plan on keeping it more casual and exploring more of those everyday moments in my writing :)
