Legacy Ponderings
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orikesI still haven't found quite the right frame of mind to get writing again, but I think I'm getting closer. At the very least, I have to get writing soon, or I'm going to get myself and my legacy into a tangled mess.
Usually I try and play to a certain point then stop. I don't play again seriously until I've written the updates I need to get written. I think of it as a carrot dangled in front of the mule technique. Usually it works pretty well, but with the last couple of weeks I let myself play a little more than I should have.
As it stands right now, I'm to a point where I HAVE to write and get moving before I can play again. There are major plotty things that need to be done before I can go forward with the actual game playing. Obviously, one of the big ones is Elijah's quest. He and Shelby have already thrown a wrench in my works with a lullaby I heard the last time I played them. I was thinking a simple tour of the family businesses would be some nice play time without forcing me to deal with the plotty bits. In the midst of an aspiration boosting date, I got an unexpected lullaby. On one hand, it makes me excited because I want to see their kids and the next potential heirs of the legacy. On the other, I needed to do the whole 'Raiders of the Last Expansion' plotline with them. There wasn't supposed to be a baby yet.
There's also some other major plotlines that I'm not going to discuss, but I can't play until they're dealt with. So, right now I'm at a standstill. I need to get the update written that I've got sitting on my desktop right now (which will cover up until graduation for Elijah, Aeric, Venus, Nathaniel and Jeremiah) and then get working on the wedding update. The wedding update should get me to the point where I can finalize the plotty stuff and get moving on actual game play stuff.
It's not so much that I've written myself into a corner as I've not written fast enough to let me play like I want to right now. Tonight and tomorrow I'll try and actually do some writing so I can get the update out. I know no one's pressuring me to get it finished, but I can't do anything else with my little sims until I get it and the next one out. *sigh* :)
Usually I try and play to a certain point then stop. I don't play again seriously until I've written the updates I need to get written. I think of it as a carrot dangled in front of the mule technique. Usually it works pretty well, but with the last couple of weeks I let myself play a little more than I should have.
As it stands right now, I'm to a point where I HAVE to write and get moving before I can play again. There are major plotty things that need to be done before I can go forward with the actual game playing. Obviously, one of the big ones is Elijah's quest. He and Shelby have already thrown a wrench in my works with a lullaby I heard the last time I played them. I was thinking a simple tour of the family businesses would be some nice play time without forcing me to deal with the plotty bits. In the midst of an aspiration boosting date, I got an unexpected lullaby. On one hand, it makes me excited because I want to see their kids and the next potential heirs of the legacy. On the other, I needed to do the whole 'Raiders of the Last Expansion' plotline with them. There wasn't supposed to be a baby yet.
There's also some other major plotlines that I'm not going to discuss, but I can't play until they're dealt with. So, right now I'm at a standstill. I need to get the update written that I've got sitting on my desktop right now (which will cover up until graduation for Elijah, Aeric, Venus, Nathaniel and Jeremiah) and then get working on the wedding update. The wedding update should get me to the point where I can finalize the plotty stuff and get moving on actual game play stuff.
It's not so much that I've written myself into a corner as I've not written fast enough to let me play like I want to right now. Tonight and tomorrow I'll try and actually do some writing so I can get the update out. I know no one's pressuring me to get it finished, but I can't do anything else with my little sims until I get it and the next one out. *sigh* :)
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Date: 2008-01-18 06:38 pm (UTC)PB