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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Hello everyone! I love this thread, I feel like I have learned a lot just reading your responses. Please note; I by no means am a professional writer nor will ever claim to be . I never knew these stories existed before this year and to be quite honest with you all I never really created story lines with my Sims before this year either. Moreover, never wrote anything to contribute to the community until a few weeks ago, so I am very much a noob by all accounts. In fact, my writing is so poor I stick to writing and then reading/recording audio to the story so I won’t embarrass myself, does this still count?
@CitizenErased14 ‘s Dust to Dust was the very first simlit I read and I couldn’t stop reading it…then I found a few short stories I loved and just finished reading Frenemies by @mightydan. I get very bored with legacy anything so the plot really does it for me.
My mom was hospitalized a few weeks ago (she is out and doing great) but while she was in there she asked me for a story. Her first language is not English so I told her I would record something for her and upload it to her private message on facebook where she could listen whenever she pleased that is where Cursed Beauty was born. They are literally only 3 minutes long chapters, or less but I loved the story so much that I had to put pictures to it and thought HEY! Let’s have the Sims pose for me lol.
Below are my answers to the questions asked from a new contributor’s perspective, I also have one of my own for the pros:
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? Had no idea this was even a thing but they have enhanced my game play tremendously. I want to add the stories on this forum have been filling my evenings with much entertainment and I am grateful for all of the authors’ hard work.
If you did have any preconceptions, how did they affect your writing and reading? I am grateful I did not have any preconceptions regarding simlits because I don’t feel hindered or burdened by rules or regulations, just simply writing because I fell in love with a story and because my imagination won’t let me stop expounding the tale it has birthed.
Are there any stories in particular that made you realize that Sims stories could be more than what you thought they could be? See above for the answer to this one ;)
How does the game influence your work? The various facial expressions and body language expressed by the Sims along with the game packs and EPs help with storyboarding the scenes. I am very much looking forward to GT next week since that is where Cursed Beauty unfolds.
I do have a question for all of you (sorry if it is a silly one), do you guys copyright your work?
@CitizenErased14 ‘s Dust to Dust was the very first simlit I read and I couldn’t stop reading it…then I found a few short stories I loved and just finished reading Frenemies by @mightydan. I get very bored with legacy anything so the plot really does it for me.
My mom was hospitalized a few weeks ago (she is out and doing great) but while she was in there she asked me for a story. Her first language is not English so I told her I would record something for her and upload it to her private message on facebook where she could listen whenever she pleased that is where Cursed Beauty was born. They are literally only 3 minutes long chapters, or less but I loved the story so much that I had to put pictures to it and thought HEY! Let’s have the Sims pose for me lol.
Below are my answers to the questions asked from a new contributor’s perspective, I also have one of my own for the pros:
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? Had no idea this was even a thing but they have enhanced my game play tremendously. I want to add the stories on this forum have been filling my evenings with much entertainment and I am grateful for all of the authors’ hard work.
If you did have any preconceptions, how did they affect your writing and reading? I am grateful I did not have any preconceptions regarding simlits because I don’t feel hindered or burdened by rules or regulations, just simply writing because I fell in love with a story and because my imagination won’t let me stop expounding the tale it has birthed.
Are there any stories in particular that made you realize that Sims stories could be more than what you thought they could be? See above for the answer to this one ;)
How does the game influence your work? The various facial expressions and body language expressed by the Sims along with the game packs and EPs help with storyboarding the scenes. I am very much looking forward to GT next week since that is where Cursed Beauty unfolds.
I do have a question for all of you (sorry if it is a silly one), do you guys copyright your work?
