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 @CathyTea It's kind of funny, when I was writing D2D, I called it "my story" or "my novel" whenever I talked about it. But I would never tell people it used the Sims to illustrate :lol: As I got near the end, I finally got brave and revealed to my friends that it was a SimLit story, and no one was (outwardly, at least :lol:) rude or judgemental, which was a nice surprise!
Now, that being said, none of them actually read it either -_- Even though I heavily hinted to a few friends that I wanted them to check it out (and I even sent them the link!). They said "Oh cool, I'll try to check it out." and then nothing. :( I wonder if it was a text-only, non-Sim story if they would have been interested in reading... I guess I'll never know *shrug*
Oh, and @MedleyMisty re: family members reading, the only person I know in real life who's read my story is my boyfriend. He did so with great reluctance, I must say :lol: He became like my proofreader. But he was always honest with me about the fact that Dust to Dust was not his cup of tea -- he likened it to a "chick flick" on several occasions :lol:
Now, all that being said, you know what's funny? He gave me some of the best, most helpful feedback. Even though he didn't really LIKE the story (because of the genre, not my writing. He said that part was good :lol: And he really liked my wordless chapters) he knew how much it meant to me, and made a real effort to understand and appreciate my characters and themes so he could give me ideas and feedback. We'd actually get into long discussions about stuff like "How do you think Evelyn is going to react to X?" or "What would Lucas do if Y happened?" and he would give me amazing insights and talk about my characters like they were real people :lol:
Now, that being said, none of them actually read it either -_- Even though I heavily hinted to a few friends that I wanted them to check it out (and I even sent them the link!). They said "Oh cool, I'll try to check it out." and then nothing. :( I wonder if it was a text-only, non-Sim story if they would have been interested in reading... I guess I'll never know *shrug*
Oh, and @MedleyMisty re: family members reading, the only person I know in real life who's read my story is my boyfriend. He did so with great reluctance, I must say :lol: He became like my proofreader. But he was always honest with me about the fact that Dust to Dust was not his cup of tea -- he likened it to a "chick flick" on several occasions :lol:
Now, all that being said, you know what's funny? He gave me some of the best, most helpful feedback. Even though he didn't really LIKE the story (because of the genre, not my writing. He said that part was good :lol: And he really liked my wordless chapters) he knew how much it meant to me, and made a real effort to understand and appreciate my characters and themes so he could give me ideas and feedback. We'd actually get into long discussions about stuff like "How do you think Evelyn is going to react to X?" or "What would Lucas do if Y happened?" and he would give me amazing insights and talk about my characters like they were real people :lol:
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