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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"ra3rei;14339551" wrote:
@mastressalita you may be one of the older members, but I'm guessing there's more of us who are older than you expect here. I love that simlit authors run the gamut from 12 to 60. :D
I'm guessing I probably have a few years on you, @mastressalita - I'm 12-at-heart and 4.666666667 times by calendar year!
@InfraGreen : "Plus, I did take notes on what I changed (and made them public for transparency's sake), so that I could better pinpoint what to look out for writing in the future. It takes a lot of effort for me to write chapters that are logical and sharp, instead of rambling and throwing out ideas haphazardly."
Yeah, and YES! I can't tell you how excited I get when I reach the end of one of your chapters and I get to read the author's notes--and I love that you kept both the original notes and the revision notes. It's so exciting to me. It adds such a beautiful layer onto the experience of reading to see the choices you made as well as your reflections.
Also, I really love when a bit of ramble and haphazardness does creep into your story... you've got this beautiful balance between letting things just ramble out almost chaotically while also keeping a very disciplined and driven story going. It feels like my experience of life--and also like your characters' experience of life. There's discipline and striving towards goals--or at least towards getting something done--and then life sometimes jumps in and rambles or inserts haphazard events... that balance of control and chaos I find so delicious as a reader (and a liver! Oh... not liver! I mean a person who lives! LOL!)
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