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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"CathyTea;14343744" wrote:"MedleyMisty;14343610" wrote:
So...hey, that's a topic we could talk about in this thread! Does other people's work ever make you feel insecure about yours? If so, how do you handle that feeling?
Other people's work doesn't really make me feel insecure, for usually, when I really like someone else's work, it's because it expresses a truth that I know which I haven't been able to effectively articulate or it expresses an experience that I've shared, and then I always feel like I've found my kin, which makes me feel so, so encouraged!
What does make me feel insecure is when people respond to my writing with sarcasm--I just don't know how to take that. Or if I'm being sincere, and the responses seem to jab at the sincerity. And I feel insecure, too, when previously enthusiastic readers drop out. I know people can stop reading for all sorts of reasons--and I know that I myself often fall way behind on stories I absolutely love, knowing that I'll catch up through delicious binges--but those are the things that make me feel insecure. And this type of insecurity really has little to do with anything happening at the moment, and an awful lot with the triggering of feelings of exclusion and not being understood from childhood!
I feel you on that. I just right now this moment actually had a friend tell me they can't connect with Surreal Darkness, and well - rationally I know it's probably just a difference in personality, but my brain is all "Yeah, the story isn't any good and doesn't have any purpose, and you should probably just stop writing it, or actually just stop writing altogether, because you're not any good at it."
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