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As Tears Go By: A Musical Legacy
sweetnightingale
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Welcome to...As Tears Go By: A Musical Legacy
I am not following the rules for a traditional legacy. For example, my founder starts out in a house, albeit a small, inexpensive one, but most legacies following the traditional rules starts with a founder living on an empty lot.
I decided I'd try something a little unique. I wanted to combine my love of Sims, writing stories, and music into one story, so I'm calling this a Musical Legacy. The heirs may or may not have musical talent, but each generation will have a specific song that will be featured in some way throughout their story. For example, Debbie's (my founder) favorite song is "As Tears Go By" by the Rolling Stones. As you read through her generation, you will see that she sometimes plays it on her guitar and sings it either to herself or to her son. Because Debbie is the founder and the story was named for her favorite song, "As Tears Go By" will probably be seen in future generations even though each generation will have its own song featured.
Each generation will be a story in itself and the goal is to have ten generations fulfill their lifetime wish and get to the top of their career. Some will marry and have happy lives while others may not follow that route. I want to make each generation's story different. There are often real life issues that they will have to overcome, but as things progress, elements of fantasy and such will most likely be incorporated.
The game used to illustrate the story is The Sims 3. The story is hosted on my blog. Tabs at the top make it easy to navigate. Links and info for updates will be posted here as they become available.
To read the story, go to:
As Tears Go By: A Musical Legacy
I am not following the rules for a traditional legacy. For example, my founder starts out in a house, albeit a small, inexpensive one, but most legacies following the traditional rules starts with a founder living on an empty lot.
I decided I'd try something a little unique. I wanted to combine my love of Sims, writing stories, and music into one story, so I'm calling this a Musical Legacy. The heirs may or may not have musical talent, but each generation will have a specific song that will be featured in some way throughout their story. For example, Debbie's (my founder) favorite song is "As Tears Go By" by the Rolling Stones. As you read through her generation, you will see that she sometimes plays it on her guitar and sings it either to herself or to her son. Because Debbie is the founder and the story was named for her favorite song, "As Tears Go By" will probably be seen in future generations even though each generation will have its own song featured.
Each generation will be a story in itself and the goal is to have ten generations fulfill their lifetime wish and get to the top of their career. Some will marry and have happy lives while others may not follow that route. I want to make each generation's story different. There are often real life issues that they will have to overcome, but as things progress, elements of fantasy and such will most likely be incorporated.
The game used to illustrate the story is The Sims 3. The story is hosted on my blog. Tabs at the top make it easy to navigate. Links and info for updates will be posted here as they become available.
To read the story, go to:
As Tears Go By: A Musical Legacy
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Chapter 8, Surprises
Debbie is apprehensive about lunch with Terrill but finds out that being with him is quite nice.
"As Tears Go By," Chapter 9, He*ll Hath No Fury
Debbie is confronted by Simon's wife, who holds nothing back.
"Forever in Time" does start off beautifully with a wedding. However, I always tell folks to read Lenora's Bachelorette Challenge first. That gives us plenty of heartache and sorrow to deal with and shows how far Lenora came to get where she is now. Also, there are hard times later on in "Forever in Time," so it's not all sunshine and rainbows.
In "Another World," we start out with time travel and a founder who must become accustomed to living in modern times. Alina has a sweet love story but it's not all smooth sailing.
Anyway, those are examples of things I do in my stories to try to make them interesting.
I will have to go look the Bachelorette challege as well. I've never done or read one before.
Lenora's Bachelorette Challenge can be found on my Forever in Time blog (link in my siggy). They are fun to write but a bit of work to do. There's a lot of backstory before the challenge starts, but it gives you a lot of detail about Lenora's life.