Random acts of encouragement

[strangetomato]

 

I just received a very encouraging comment that really made my day, and maybe my whole week. It's funny how that works. Not to say that other comments are of lesser value, because I appreciate it when anyone says anything at all about something I've created, but this was just so random and heartfelt. :) It makes me want to jump back in, full force. Hiatus smiatus... it was a weak one to begin with (and I saw you all LOLing at me because I couldn't really stay away). I'm quite honestly afraid I'm going to mess the whole thing up by mangling up my own plot, but I'm going to just try my best and ask that you to ignore my failings. Well, please do point them out so I can try to fix them, but forgive me if get tangled up.

Booyeah! This week was amazing. First the cultofrances and now this. :D Oh, and this drawing also made my day earlier in the week. It's an embarrassment of riches.

Comments

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it reminds me a little of that first comment I left for simantics, where I expressed a similar sentiment. Her story just struck a chord with me, and made the game more creative and exciting. Before that, I hadn't even considered that I could make something like that and share it with people. I was hooked. (And her plot was all character-focused, so maybe I should worry less about trying to make the action stuff work for me, since it worked for her.)

Thanks. :) I'm sure you don't need to take any inspiration from me. You seem to have your own brand of creativity well in order.

Yeah, me too. I'll bet she'd make a great story, based on her comment alone. She was pretty eloquent.

[xel-squirgle-ox.livejournal.com]

I haven't read much of simantics' story but what I did read was great. If I wasn't doing all these other things I would sit down and read everything.

That's what I meant by you being an inspiration. I've always been into writing. I was actually thinking of starting a comic book- but I'm not too confident in my drawing skills.

Your story was the first sims story I ever read (I actually found it via squirell_tamer/beyondheroism__ through a random search on deviantart and one of the pictures she did inspired from the story pooped up) and it opened up a whole world for me. I was like, I could do that! How come I hadn't thought of the sims being a tool used in storytelling before?! Of course, it being character driven and you being skilled at getting us to feel the emotions that the sims are feeling made me hooked.

Hehe, yeah I seem to have my own unique brand of creativity NOW. But before I was some little mary-sue in a world that you created. The time skip had to be the best thing I ever did. I really need to get the next chapter posted. I have part 1 almost finished but half of it is missing pictures and I like those to balance the text out. And I don't want to post the first half because then it would be four parts! Meh.

I'm quite proud of what I have for chapter 3 too. And *surprise surprise!* a lot of it actually revolves around Frances and Guy. I'm having a lot of fun writing Guy- fleshing out a character nobody ever uses. And I can't wait to show his sister! (I have this little feeling that one of our mutual LJ friends would LOVE her. :P)

Quite recently I was actually listed as an inspiration for someone too. It really made my day! And one of her characters in the story is going to be one of mine. Hehe, she's completely smitten by him actually.

[xel-squirgle-ox.livejournal.com]

OMG POOPED UP?! Wow, that's one awesome typo. XD