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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@mastressalita You make a really good point about the lack of Elder characters! And I can kinda-sorta speak to the second part of what you said!
For me (and probably my most people), it's easiest to write about characters who are like me. With Dust to Dust, I intentionally made the main character a male to challenge myself a bit. And actually, it wasn't all that hard!
But you know what WAS hard? When he got older! People who frequent the Writers' Lounge will remember me posting and kind of freaking out about how I would write the thoughts or dialogue of someone more than twice my age. And it was hard to overcome at first!
In the end though, I decided to stop asking myself "What would a 50-something year old do in this situation?" Or "How would a 70-year-old say this?". I asked myself "What would LUCAS (my main character) do?" "What would LUCAS say?" Because despite his age, he was still my character! :)
I think this experience has made me feel a little bit better about writing characters who are significantly older than myself. Maybe someday I will try a story with a character who begins as an Elder :) It could be really interesting, actually!
For me (and probably my most people), it's easiest to write about characters who are like me. With Dust to Dust, I intentionally made the main character a male to challenge myself a bit. And actually, it wasn't all that hard!
But you know what WAS hard? When he got older! People who frequent the Writers' Lounge will remember me posting and kind of freaking out about how I would write the thoughts or dialogue of someone more than twice my age. And it was hard to overcome at first!
In the end though, I decided to stop asking myself "What would a 50-something year old do in this situation?" Or "How would a 70-year-old say this?". I asked myself "What would LUCAS (my main character) do?" "What would LUCAS say?" Because despite his age, he was still my character! :)
I think this experience has made me feel a little bit better about writing characters who are significantly older than myself. Maybe someday I will try a story with a character who begins as an Elder :) It could be really interesting, actually!
