The Art of Sims Storytelling

"MedleyMisty;14340903" wrote:

"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.

I totally understand your feelings @MedleyMisty !

I always write for myself, but I LOVE having readers, and I feel those same insecurities when people don't read my story (or start and then stop and are never seen again :lol:). And then I would always feel selfish or greedy for wanting MORE readers because I know my story was decently popular, but there were days when it felt like so many other stories were more popular than mine, and I'd wonder what I was doing wrong!

But then I would think about how amazing my readers were to me and how thoughtful and lovely they all were, and I really tried to focus on reader QUALITY, not QUANTITY :)

Part of why I think I'm so bummed about D2D being over is the fact that my readers will slowly dwindle. I've been fortunate to have a few people still reading this past week after my story ended, but I know it won't last! :(

What's funny though is that, as a reader, I actually prefer finished stories! I get nervous starting new stories because either I fear the story will be abandoned and never completed, or I feel "pressure" about having to keep up with the author's updates and not missing chapters. (By the way, I read several in-progress stories, so don't fear that I won't read yours because I said that! It's just a general preference of mine! :) ) that's why I'm glad CathyTea started the "It's Done!" Thread, which is a listing of completed SimLit stories. I can't wait to read them!

I feel like I got way off topic with that response :lol: Sorry :tongue: