Sims talk: funny sims dream and possible story recap

[strangetomato]

Last night I had a dream about cheating on my SO with some guy I recently found attractive. While we were trying to work out the logistics of it all (damn "woohoo" dreams never really work out for me that way), my SO walked in and caught us in the act. Then, to determine how serious the situation was, I checked his relationship panel.

*blinks*

Umm, what? That can't be a good sign...

In other news, I'm thinking of doing up a story recap, since it was recently suggested by Petchy as something that might help potential newcomers to the story, as it grows ever more complicated and unwieldy by the update, to the point where even I occasionally need to be reminded of my own plot points (no, really...). The problem is, I'm feeling way too lazy to do it. There's just so much of it to summarize at this point, and it feels like a chore (and honestly, part of me feels like they should just read the back chapters if they want in on the story, but I know how daunting it must be, and I want to be welcoming instead of being a dick about it).

Also, how should the summary even be organized? Should I do it by character? By plot arc? By household? I have no idea. I'm okay with some of the plot points being mostly forgotten and dropped, since I now see them as questionable missteps, and maybe rehashing it all will just draw attention to all the plot holes? Should I just go ahead and draw attention to them so we can all laugh at them? Again, I have no idea what to do.

Any suggestions? Do you think I should do this? I already have a bit of a chapter-by-chapter summary in the story directory, but that doesn't cover all the little details. Do people really need to know these details? Is there anything you, personally, are confused about? Lay it on me, dear readers and friends.

Comments

[pnkpnthr334.livejournal.com]

I honestly think that your story is too far in and too complicated to be summarized by a little re-cap. Anyone new to the story that would just read that, then jump into the newest chapter will still likely be confused or missing something down the line. Then they'll have to go back and read past chapters anyway to understand the new stuff.

I came into the story pretty late and I went back and read through every last chapter, and I have the attention span of a squirrel!!! So I know if I can do it, anyone who really wants to get into this story can do it.

But if you really want to be welcoming and do re-caps I think you could do it by every X number of chapters. That way you can do it in stages rather than a huge summary.

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

I certainly agree with you on that. It's been around for a while now, so there are a lot of details to sum up. I'm considering the timeline option, which would give a sense of the overall plot movement, but not go into details. I'm thinking the only sensible way to handle details would be character by character, and that's still an option, but not one I want to take on just yet.

Thank you for reading all of that! ^_^ I'm always very flattered when someone reads through the entire thing. I know it's a lot to get through, so I really appreciate it.