Home again, and a storytelling question.

[strangetomato]

I'm back from my holidays. Did I miss anything exciting in the sims community? Any juicy gossip or amazing cc I should check out? I've already been catching up on the GoS Xmas in July posts—Wow! So much awesome. If there's anything you'd like me to check out from the past little while, please do tell.

I've been grappling with my next story update again. I loaded up a lot I've been working on, a scene in Faerie using that lot with the grain silo/tower in the field, but I got discouraged when half the plant cc I had placed was showing up as basegame replacement objects. I guess I'll need to relocate an older downloads folder with more plants in it until I finish that chapter. While I'm at it, does anyone have any other faery forest appropriate cc they'd like to recommend?

I'm finding I really don't have any patience for building sets anymore. The writing side of it seems to be coming back to me, but working with the game to make the scenes is harder. In my last short story, I avoided it altogether by going more abstract with them and taking the background entirely out, but I can't do that for the story proper. It's strange. I really want to work on the story, but the idea of setting up the images is just exhausting right now. Has anyone else gone through spells like that? Any tips?

Comments

[xel-squirgle-ox.livejournal.com]

I think the last time I've seen this much wank within the community was I don't know... About a year or 2 ago? In any case, while I don't like the unnecessary drama I'm glad that the sims community still seems alive and well. I consider simsecret a barometer of some sort- calculating how lively the sims community has been during the week. For a while, it seemed kind of dead with less secrets and comments. I was afraid that the community as a whole would become a ghost town.

You're welcome! ^_^
And yeah, they're based off of 2 pointy-eared sims by Fantasyroge.

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

That's very true. Lots of jealousy and bickering = a thriving sims community. XD It's sad, but very true.

You've done a great job on them. ^_^