simhaven
A Haven for Sim Story Writers
Sim Haven
Helping Sim Writers Tell Their Story
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What is Simhaven? Sim Haven was created in an effort to give new Sim Story Writers a place where they are able to discuss both technical and creative issues when it comes to writing a sims story. It is also a place where those who have been telling sim stories for a while are able to post articles, tips and tricks and general knowledge on how they maintain their stories - their creative process as well as how they keep boredom at bay. Discussions for Simhaven can cover everything from how to begin right through to the final product, including: + Coming up with a plot + Creating characters + Fiction writing + Set design + Using animboxes and poseboxes + Post processing of screencaps How do I join? Please read through the rules first, and then just click on the 'join community' button. All join requests must be approved by a maintainer/moderator - this is mostly to make sure you are joining because you have an interest in the Sim Storytelling and not because you're a spambot. If you don't have any interests listed in your profile that even vaguely come close to what this community is all about, I will probably assume you just clicked the join button by accident. If you only want to keep up with what is posted here on your f-list, you can always just watch this community instead. Everyone, including non lj users can join in the discussions by leaving comments in posts, but the community is set up so that only members are able to make a new post. Community Rules There are a few rules you should be aware of before posting to the community: 1. All tutorials, fiction, images and machinima posted here remain the copyright of its creators. All rights reserved. If you wish to repost any images or text on another site, in part or in their entirety, please contact the creator/poster and obtain permission first. 2. This community is a discussion forum, not an advertising forum. If you want to advertise your stories, I suggest finding a community that allows advertisements. It is the sole discretion of the moderator what constitutes advertising. Posts which are deemed to breech this rule will be deleted. 3. Feel free to post questions, tutorials, links and anything else you think might be of interest to the community, just please make sure you tag your entry. This is a PMBD and cc file sharing friendly site, so add links to the booty, sims cave, re-hosted files and Coconut's blog when appropriate. 4. Each month there will be a story writing challenge. These are low key writing exercises designed for storytellers to get the opportunity to write out of their comfort zone and expand their skills through the use of genre, technique and theme based prompts. Please only post stories which you have written specifically for the challenge, or original fiction which you have revised for this challenge. 5. Whilst I am not opposed to stories posted to other communities or your own journal (they are your stories after all), it is preferred that stories written for the challenges are posted in their entirety to the Simhaven community. If your main storytelling journal is not on LJ, you may post a teaser pic, along with any warnings and a link to your story. Please make sure you note that the link will take readers to another site. 6. In addition to the monthly challenges, you are welcome to post other short stories and machinima here if you wish. Images or video created from any version of the Sims games are welcome. These can be stories you have posted in elsewhere, but please be aware that if I also see multiple advertisements for the same story in several communities, I will consider your post to be breaking rule #2. 7. Please treat everyone here with respect. Whilst discussion and debate (to a certain extent) is fine, do not cross the border into flaming. Those posts will be deleted and you will be banned from the community. Beta reading If you wish to post a chapter of your story to the community for beta reading, to ask for opinions or feedback, please be prepared to get it. Whilst I ask those giving feedback do so in a constructive, polite and diplomatic manner, also be aware that when you ask for beta reading and someone provides feedback and pointers, they are doing so to help you not attack you. If you are posting a story for Beta Reading - you must place the entire story behind an lj-cut. In your main post you should detail what you want and make sure to tag it as Beta Reading. If you prefer, you can also post a request for a beta reader instead. LJ Picture Feed This community is protected from hotlinking by automatic image generators that access the LJ picture feed. Read more about it here. 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