I don’t know if anybody is still here, and I’m honestly a bit doubtful of it because of the time that’s passed since I updated this blog.
I was a teenager when I began writing this story, and all of the other sims 3 stories that I wrote, and back then it was something I loved so much, in fact, I still think about Dustland Fairytale now even so many years later. The short of it is though, I will never finish this story. It’s been too long, I’m too removed from it and I think that I made too many mistakes to ever fix it. I can’t go back and try to keep on doing something that I did when I was a kid, trying to muster up the same enthusiasm for something that doesn’t give me the same joy that it used to.
Really what killed it for me was life getting in the way. When I finished college and got my first “real” job there just wasn’t the time to write and play sims anymore, nor was there the motivation because my real life was so exciting and different. No longer was I the anxious girl who would sit in her bedroom every night and lose herself in a fictional universe, so I didn’t need my stories anymore. I regret leaving it unfinished, but, alas, it’s how it’s supposed to be, I guess.
In case you were wondering, Jack and Jolene were supposed to end up getting together, and then eventually being forced apart again as her quest to find her son proved to be more important than this relationship with a slightly dysfunctional man. A lot of it is written, there are a lot of blank pages in between, and I considered just publishing what I’d done so many times but eventually just decided against it. I simply can’t justify putting something out there that doesn’t make me proud.
Anyway, what I’m really here to say is that I’m writing again. I found myself telling my friends all about the stories I used to engross myself in when I was growing up, and I remembered how much I loved to do that. I’m in my late twenties now, I hadn’t written a thing for so long – and, honestly, I went to two fortune tellers who told me I should write because it’s good for my soul, so, make of that what you will. I’m back.
I’m keeping it simple this time, no crazy plots or twists and turns, just a story about a girl who grows up not unlike the way that I did, just surviving teen-hood and navigating the challenges of love and friendship in tandem with her own crippling self doubt. Yes, I’m using sim pics to illustrate it, because it would feel weird not to, and yes, I’m now playing the sims 4. If any of my old readers are still here and would like to check it out, I’d love you to. It’s different from DF in a lot of ways, mostly because I’m different now, but if you like it then It’d be great if you could follow along as I publish it. I haven’t been this excited about writing in a very long time, so this feels quite special to me.
Here it is: https://luckygirlstory.wordpress.com/
I hope each one of you is doing well, I miss you all.
Hannah x
Dustland Fairytale 