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 ...
Forum Discussion
"InfraGreen;14329104" wrote:
I told myself that I could excise all of the "mundane" chapters from my story, but I'll admit, a lot of my chapters first come to my mind with a simple event I want to happen, and weaving into everything else that is happening in the story. Though my favorites start out with thinking of a mundane event, but adding something gross and/or intense for the sake of contrast. Renew wedding vows after your friend kills himself, get assaulted at a normal funeral, putting undertones of child abuse in a chapter about kids running away, almost getting shot when going out for cookies, etc.
Almost getting shot when going out for cookies made me laugh. I love the idea of renewing wedding vows after a friend kills himself (thinking about the frailty and preciousness of life). I love this concept of contrasting mundane with weird, out-of-the-norm occurrences. I did this in my chapter 2.1 Pretending. Kass has an allergy haze right at the beginning of my game and it fits perfectly into my story. She's sitting in a bar doing normal things like drinking and eating, talking with the bartender, talking with her boss, and a shocking thing happens at the end of the chapter (and I can't say without giving it away). One of my most "normal" but favorite chapters from part 1 is chapter 9 and 10. Kass's sisters are arguing at the beginning of the chapter, and Kass escapes to her grandmother's for the day. They sit and enjoy watching television and go swimming in the pool. Kass is surprised to meet her crush and love interest Davis who happens to work for her grandparents. They decide to hang out in chapters 10 and 11 and they have a normal laid-back "date" in a way, the kind friends who have known each other for awhile and are really comfortable with each other would have. I enjoyed writing these chapters because they felt authentic and yet were still interesting enough to pull me out of my "real life."
Sorry if I'm posting a lot everyone. I just didn't want to do one long post reply and everyone is making such interesting comments and bringing up good discussion points. :)
