Sunshine Blogger Award

I have been nominated for the Sunshine Blogger Award by TheYayToast! I feel honored to get such a positive feedback after such a short time of running the blog and being active in the Sims Community. Thank you so much! TheYayToast writes Death's bride, a medieval fantasy SimLit about a girl forced to marry a mysterious nobleman. You should definitely check that out! 

The Sunshine Blogger Award is given to creative, positive, inspiring bloggers who spread sunshine to the blogging community.

Rules

In a blog post, thank the person who nominated you and link back to their blog. Answer the 11 questions sent by the person who nominated you. Nominate 11 new blogs to receive the award and write them 11 new questions. List the rules and display the Sunshine Blogger Award logo in your post and/or your blog.

Questions

1.) What inspired you to start writing your story?

I have always been playing stories, just never documented them. When my last legacy save crashed and was broken beyond repair, someone on Deaderpool's Discord suggested I blog about my stories. 

2.) Describe your process. Do you play and then write a story around that? Or vice versa?

I'm a player first and a writer second. My stories usually evolve from challenges and projects that my mind somehow puzzles into a coherent narrative.

3.) Who is your favorite character from your stories? Why? 

I actually like Charlotte best, because I feel like she is the most complex character. Also she is fairly pretty for a Maxis generated character.

4.) You can choose one of your characters to bring to life. Which character and why?

Probably Viljo, we could need some of his goodness in the world. Then again, he probably wouldn't be able to survive the real world given how naive he really is.

5.) Sims 4 Townies: Marry, Kill, WooHoo. Which townie would your Simself marry? Who dies? Which would your Simself have a woohoo with?

Marry Gunther Munch because he is the only halfway decent looking YA that is not programmed to be an asshole. Kill Don Lothario because he's a symbol of the patriarchy. Woohoo Paolo Rocca because I like long hair on guys.

6.) Are there any plotlines that have changed drastically since you first thought of them? What caused the change?

Yes. I hadn't planned for Daniel to leave so early. I underestimated his age when he moved in and how slowly my heroes were progressing in their endeavor. So he had to go before the story even took of and was replaced by Angela.

7.) Are you a builder or a maker? Do you prefer to build houses or make Sims?

Neither, I'm first and foremost a player. I'm not good at making Sims. They all look the same to me. I usually randomize as much as possible and then try to make up a story that fits the Sim. I used to hate building, too. I just used Maxis houses or downloaded from the gallery. Recently I've tried my hand at building though and found that I like it a lot better in Sims 4 than I did in former games of the franchise because it seems to be more forgiving of errors and more intuitive.

8.) What part of the writing process do you enjoy the most?

When a random screenshot is the perfect expression of what you want to convey in your story.

9.) What part of the process do you find the most challenging?

Remembering to take pictures. I get so absorbed in the game that I sometimes totally forget.

10.) What is one thing that you want to see in Sims 4? (Seasons, Occult Types, etc.)

Building would be a lot more fun if you could adjust the height of every room's base individually.

11.) Write something about yourself that readers might not know. (A surprising hobby, favorite food, etc.)

I'm 6'3/190cm.

Nominations

As I just stepped foot into this community, I don't know that many people yet, so I can't nominate 11. I'd like to nominate superkyle221 for his endearing Keen legacy and Opicana who combines self-care, bullet journaling and Sims beautifully in her blog. And here are my 11 questions for your guys:

1.) Do you do other writing as well or do you focus on SimLit? If you do, what kind?
2.) Is it harder to find/make the right screenshot for a scene or to write a fitting text for a picture? Why?
3.) Do any of your non-simmer-friends read your SimLit? Do you think one has to be a simmer to enjoy SimLit?
4.) Do you use any mods in your game to help with your stories?
5.) What made you join the Sims online community? Did you participate from the start or did you ease into it?
6.) What kind of feedback do you like on your stories? 
7.) Where do your stories take place? In the real/human world (or a fictional version of it) or in the SimWorld with all its differences (grim reaper, ghosts, peeing with your pants on, babies that only live in cribs...)? Why?
8.) How do you choose your Sims' names?
9.) Would you prefer to live in the Sims world sometimes? What aspects do you like better than the real world?
10.) What is your writing process like? Do you use any writer tools like storyboards to keep track of your plotlines?
11.) Do you have plans for your next story already? Spill!