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;14344139" wrote:
I Rather, these are people that just won't look past the fact that there are Sims in the pictures, and ergo, they think "Oh, you have to play The Sims, and we don't play The Sims, that's your thing, so we just can't enjoy this." It doesn't matter if I try to explain to them that unlike fanfiction, that sort of requires an understanding of the world or the characters of a fandom, The Sims isn't really like that, this is all original fiction, it is little more than providing illustration to a story that requires no special knowledge of The Sims, they just aren't going to read it because... it uses The Sims. That's why I went and found these forums, filled with people who play The Sims. People who understand. People who, at the very least, aren't going to judge based on the game. And that has actually been a very rewarding experience, as I've made so many new friends as a result.
One of my best friends is like this--she will even plug her ears if I start to talk about Sims, even if I present them as "characters in what I'm writing".
She says, "Sorry. You just lost me."
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