Writers' Lounge - For All Games!

CathyTea · May 2015

My friend @friendsfan367 suggested, " i think it would be cool to have like a writer lounge where new writers like me could chat with old writers like you. opps i meant experinced."

So, here we have it! The Writers' Lounge, where new writers can chat with old writers like me!

This is a place to talk about all aspects of your writing! Every Simming and writing question is welcome, and everyone is invited to chime in with writerly suggestions, responses, jokes, feedback, gripes, comments, and conundrums.

Even though we're located in the Sims 4 area, writers of stories involving all Sims games are welcome!

We have people who write stories using Sims 2, Sims 3, and Sims 4 games--and everyone is appreciated and included!

You'll find that we're really welcoming, and we're really cool, and this thread is totally awesome. And we have a few common sense guidelines to help keep it that way. (We've learned from experience!

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Treat each other with kindness, acceptance, appreciation, and respect.
Follow the EA Forum Guidelines.
Remember that this is a public forum, meaning that anybody anywhere with Internet access can read what you write. If you're a youngster, don't write anything you wouldn't want your mom to read. If you're an adult, don't write anything you wouldn't want your kid or niece or nephew to read.

Please don't feel bad if we pop in for gentle reminders if things get really OT or if we start to veer from the forum guidelines. We still love you!

I'll keep the coffee and tea pots full--you bring your favorite mug, and let's kick back and chat about writing!

Daily Conversations

Join us for daily conversations! We've got themed conversations Monday - Sunday. Of course, you can talk about other things, too! But if you're looking for a specific topic, swing by and join us!

Writer/Reader Community Threads
You might also enjoy these threads: Freezer Bunny Book Club | Short Story Writing Challenges

How Do I Get Started Writing?
If you have questions about writing SimLit, please see the following guide, written and compiled by @JulyVee94.
A Quick Guide to SimLit

Directory of Active Members
Here's a listing of the blogs/threads of the regulars here. If you'd like to have your blog or thread listed here, please let @friendsfan367 or me (CathyTea) know. I'm kinda busy, so it might take me a little while to get you listed, but I definitely will list your story here, if you request it! And... Happy Reading!

Note: Some of these stories may contain adult subject matter. Please read at your discretion.

Acarb90 - |
AdamsEve1231 - | | | | | | | |
AkramA -
aroseinbloom -
Arrowleaf -
BBQPenguinWings Trish -
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CathyTea -
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CharmingMaruska -
Chrinnie -
CitizenErased - | *Completed |
cshaner -
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divanthesimmer -
Dollyllama108 -
EiraRose - Song of the Nightingale
eXokamikaze -
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Faoiltearna -
Firande -
friendsfan367 -
gameplay9098 -
GhostlyPix -
iheartdinosx3 -
ilovebunnys65 - The Watergates
InfraGreen -
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JulyVee - | Vee is for Vortex
Karilan -
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LegacySims2017 -
lisabee2 -
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mamasquirrel -
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MedleyMisty -
Meggles -
MrsRacooney -
MunterBacon -
Nerdfashion -
ninaumi -
OJenn - | Memoir Me Thread
orangeplumbob -
peatock -
Pegasus -
PinotGrigio -
PitlordMaggie -
pronterus -
ra3rei -
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rednenemom -
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RosemaryMariee -
Shadami -
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SimmerSteffie -
simscognito -
Simslover163 -
Sonniejj -
Sourocha - The Life of the Majolentes
squirrelwithacup -
StoriedStorm -
SunnyShay - |
SummerFalls -
supernatural103 -
swcheppes -
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TaraIris94 -
TheAemaSimming -
TheMummyof4 -
ThePlumbob -
TheYayToast -
Thymeless - |
Twiggy -
UniquePuggle - Wallingsford Historical Legacy
VanityHigh -
Wasting_Night - SimSacious Magazine
xMike_BX -

Birthday Registry
If your name is not on this list, and you'd like to be included (so that you can sample some of SummerFalls' awesome happiness birthday cupcakes on YOUR birthday), please PM CathyTea

January 26th - Jes2G
January 27th - eXokamikaze

February 4th - The Sims!
Februay 20th - Sourocha

March 5th - Munterbacon
March 12th - Swcheppes
March 21st - ra3rei
March 22nd - aroseinbloom

April 17th - Pinmat135
April 18th - TheAemaSimming
April 19th - InfraGreen
April 23rd - Maladi777
April 26th - rednenemon

May 12th - Pegasus143
May 19th -Karilan

June 20th - madamelee
June 27th - Bugsie2016
June 29th - SimsLover163

July 3rd - ilovebunnys65
July 7th - kurdaneva
July 23rd - CathyTea
July 26th - Shadami

August 15th - For_Eorzea
August 17th - friendsfan367
August 23rd - ny275
August 29th - Lisabee2

September 1 - PitlordMaggie
September 14th - Shadyboop
September 16th - Pronterus and divanthesimmer
September 19th - lovesstorms
September 28th - VanityHigh
Sept 29th - Anua92

October 2nd - SilverDaybreak
October 25th - DebraF63
October 26th - Meggles

November 4th - LegacySims2017
November 10th - Simscognito
November 26th - Faoiltearna
November 29th - SimTresa

December 9th - AdamsEve1231
December 15th - LyricSimz15
December 17th - StoriedStorm, MedleyMisty, and Acarb90
December 22nd - nerdfashion
December 29th - BlackUndecimber

friendsfan367 · May 2015

brings doughnuts.

CathyTea · May 2015

friendsfan367 wrote: »

bring doughnuts.

You'll have to bring the donuts. I'll bring blueberries!

friendsfan367 · May 2015

CathyTea wrote: »

friendsfan367 wrote: »

bring doughnuts.

You'll have to bring the donuts. I'll bring blueberries!

lol. i was excited my idea was up so i missed the s fixed now. i think.

SummerFalls · May 2015

I'll bring the cupcakes!

CathyTea · May 2015

So, I think we have so far established these tips for writers, new and old:

have fresh cofffee or tea (I prefer organic, shade-grown, fair-trade, but some writers say, "anything will do.")
have donuts.
have fresh blueberries (again, I prefer organic)
have freshly made cupcakes (red-velvet is a favorite)

And that just about sums up our advice for writers. So, really, that's about all you need to know!

Mmdrgntobldrgn · May 2015

CathyTea wrote: »

So, I think we have so far established these tips for writers, new and old:
have fresh cofffee or tea (I prefer organic, shade-grown, fair-trade, but some writers say, "anything will do.")

have donuts.

have fresh blueberries (again, I prefer organic)

have freshly made cupcakes (red-velvet is a favorite)

And that just about sums up our advice for writers. So, really, that's about all you need to know!

oh I don't know, 'bout that I think you forgot

Have fun

CathyTea · May 2015

Mmdrgntobldrgn wrote: »

CathyTea wrote: »

So, I think we have so far established these tips for writers, new and old:
have fresh cofffee or tea (I prefer organic, shade-grown, fair-trade, but some writers say, "anything will do.")

have donuts.

have fresh blueberries (again, I prefer organic)

have freshly made cupcakes (red-velvet is a favorite)

And that just about sums up our advice for writers. So, really, that's about all you need to know!

oh I don't know, 'bout that I think you forgot

Have fun

Oh, yes! Fun is guaranteed with enough a) coffee, b) donuts, c) blueberries, and d) cupcakes, don't you think?

Wasting_Night · May 2015

This is a neat idea for a thread. Once we get the posts rolling I wonder if we can request a sticky for this?

CathyTea · May 2015

I want to share this article that @lovesstorms shared on the "Don't Get Discouraged" thread--this is such useful information to help understand our cycles and ways of working:

friendsfan367 · May 2015

i guess if i'm going to co found a writers lounge i should actually start writing. thank you everyone for stopping by . i told cathtea this morning that i wanted something like this. ilove her you put a idea in her head or completly confuse her and she runs with it. i confused her repeatedly because my first attempt at writing was random posts . that she made a summary of because i confused her .

friendsfan367 · May 2015

CathyTea wrote: »

friendsfan367 wrote: »

bring doughnuts.

You'll have to bring the donuts. I'll bring blueberries!

this morning i said bring doughnuts. this afternoon i bought bluberrries. when my coffe finishes i'll try and figure out a story and wordpress.

friendsfan367 · May 2015

i started a traditional legacy but as cathtea knows already the first time i tried it it didn't go well. so hopefully my founder lives beyond day 1.i did finish but that was with a lot of help and engouragement.

CathyTea · May 2015

friendsfan367 wrote: »

i started a traditional legacy but as cathtea knows already the first time i tried it it didn't go well. so hopefully my founder lives beyond day 1.i did finish but that was with a lot of help and engouragement.

The cool thing about writing legacy stories is that sometimes the massive fails become the most exciting and interesting stories!

friendsfan367 · May 2015

CathyTea wrote: »

friendsfan367 wrote: »

i started a traditional legacy but as cathtea knows already the first time i tried it it didn't go well. so hopefully my founder lives beyond day 1.i did finish but that was with a lot of help and engouragement.

The cool thing about writing legacy stories is that sometimes the massive fails become the most exciting and interesting stories!

at least now i know they can burn up in a stove fire. in real life just the food catches fire i think.i never heard of a realife story where the whole stove caught fire.

CathyTea · May 2015

friendsfan367 wrote: »

at least now i know they can burn up in a stove fire. in real life just the food catches fire i think.i never heard of a realife story where the whole stove caught fire.

I think it happened the night my boyfriend and I met... pizza party... the pizza AND the oven caught on fire, but we didn't really notice, because we were talking and by the time we smelled smoke, the hosts had put it out!

friendsfan367 · May 2015

CathyTea wrote: »

friendsfan367 wrote: »

i started a traditional legacy but as cathtea knows already the first time i tried it it didn't go well. so hopefully my founder lives beyond day 1.i did finish but that was with a lot of help and engouragement.

The cool thing about writing legacy stories is that sometimes the massive fails become the most exciting and interesting stories!

how many times have i started over lol. actually i messed up already so i need to start over i can't rember where the suitof armor is.

CathyTea · May 2015

You know what's so cool about this thread? Since we started it, we can go nuts with as many off-topic posts as we want! Yay! We don't have to worry about boring others! It's a lounge, right? So if our conversation is boring to others, they can listen to the music instead of listening to us!

friendsfan367 · May 2015

CathyTea wrote: »

You know what's so cool about this thread? Since we started it, we can go nuts with as many off-topic posts as we want! Yay! We don't have to worry about boring others! It's a lounge, right? So if our conversation is boring to others, they can listen to the music instead of listening to us!

no wonder we get along you think like me.

CathyTea · May 2015

friendsfan367 wrote: »

CathyTea wrote: »

You know what's so cool about this thread? Since we started it, we can go nuts with as many off-topic posts as we want! Yay! We don't have to worry about boring others! It's a lounge, right? So if our conversation is boring to others, they can listen to the music instead of listening to us!

no wonder we get along you think like me.

I know, right? I never feel wilty-flower with you!

friendsfan367 · May 2015

is there a armored suit or did i make that up. sorry for being on topic.

CathyTea · May 2015

friendsfan367 wrote: »

is there a armored suit or did i make that up. sorry for being on topic.

Yes--there's the suit of armor! It's in Buy Mode in the Decorations, under sculptures. It costs a lot, so it's near the end of the list. I just stuck mine in the family inventory once I bought it.

dougsbaby12 · May 2015

*Comes in grabs a cup of coffee and sits down* Wow great thread great idea. This sounds like this is going to be a great thread. Actually it already is a great thread.

SummerFalls · May 2015

*grabs a cup of coffee with a red-velvet cupcake and eats*
If I may go off topic, I've finally completed my novel to-do list which literally is going to be my life saviour. I now feel so much more organised as to what I need to plan and go into! Planning is going to take a while, but hopefully I can finish planning by the end of this year!

dougsbaby12 · May 2015

SummerFalls wrote: »

*grabs a cup of coffee with a red-velvet cupcake and eats*
If I may go off topic, I've finally completed my novel to-do list which literally is going to be my life saviour. I now feel so much more organised as to what I need to plan and go into! Planning is going to take a while, but hopefully I can finish planning by the end of this year!

Yay!!! Way to go. Great job on getting organized and good luck on the planning.

friendsfan367 · May 2015

CathyTea wrote: »

friendsfan367 wrote: »

is there a armored suit or did i make that up. sorry for being on topic.

Yes--there's the suit of armor! It's in Buy Mode in the Decorations, under sculptures. It costs a lot, so it's near the end of the list. I just stuck mine in the family inventory once I bought it.

i waited for you for so long i looked it up in the search feature.

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