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
"AdamsEve1231;14340218" wrote:"CathyTea;14332011" wrote:
My favorite story to write is the one that hardly anyone reads or even knows about! I feel like I can just express whatever I want with that, without even thinking about how readers will respond! There's something so liberating about just writing for writing, not for readers.
I feel like I'm just getting started. I'm trying to build my readership, and honestly, I'd like readers. But I think you're absolutely right about it being liberating to write just for me and no one else. It does help me stress a whole lot less when I go into my writing/gameplay with this mindset. I just wish I was more brave to let go and keep writing whatever I want without worrying about reader response or the length of my prose.
I write completely and entirely what I want to write. It's just that once I'm done, I want to share it and have other people like it. I get confused when that doesn't happen and I get all insecure and I wonder if my writing isn't any good or if it's that I'm a bad person, and that's why people don't want the gift that I worked on so hard for them.
