coffee holder?? coffee tray??? idk what its called. this thing^
accessory note: the original s3 item is from modish kitten, but they don’t seem to be active anymore and i haven’t been able to get in contact with them, so i’m just crossing my fingers this is okay. IT’S IN WRIST CATEGORY with a custom thumb aka a crop of the one above heh
poses note: there’s only two and i made them originally for theo, so they’re height-adjusted to be short
PLS FEEL FREE TO MAKE MORE POSES FOR THIS yusss do it, mine are small and simple and coffee is important
Suspense is one of the trickier parts of writing to manage effectively because, as the author, you can’t experience your story the way a reader does. If you don’t have enough suspense, it can be difficult to keep your readers interested. If you have too much, frustrated and stressed-out readers might throw your book against the wall. Too much suspense can even backfire – if you try to keep your readers constantly on edge, they can stop taking things seriously and the end result is as though you never included any suspense at all.
So how can you tell if you’ve reached the right balance? Unfortunately, I can’t answer that for you. Some things really do require feedback from honest and insightful readers. Once you have that feedback, however, there are easy tricks to adjusting the level of suspense without a drastic re-write. Here are my five favorite methods.
Promises and Payoffs
INCREASE SUSPENSE by promising something huge and then giving your reader something unexpected. To borrow an example from Buffy the Vampire Slayer, imagine a teenage boy and girl sneaking into an empty building. Everything from the costumes to the lighting is designed to make you uneasy about the girl’s safety but, in the end, she’s the vampire. Give the audience something sensational and they won’t be disappointed that you didn’t deliver on what you originally promised.
DECREASE SUSPENSE by promising less than you plan to deliver. For example, if you plan to kill off a character as they walk through a dark alley, let them worry about being mugged rather than murdered. Not only is it less suspenseful, the payoff is more shocking.
Characters are Crucial
INCREASE SUSPENSE by shifting the focus to a character who’s more involved in the action or one who has more at stake. Even if you have a single POV character, another can come in and demand that character’s attention, along with the readers’.
DECREASE SUSPENSE by focusing on a character who’s more concerned with a secondary goal. Subplots are a fantastic way to give your readers some room to breathe.
Calm vs. Chaos
INCREASE SUSPENSE by cutting back on the action. Suspense flourishes in the quiet moments when your characters have time to think and to anticipate what may be in store for them.
DECREASE SUSPENSE by giving your characters a big, exciting mess to deal with. Even when that mess causes more problems and puts more pressure on your characters in the long run, you’ve still created an oasis where both they and the readers are too distracted to worry about how the big picture will pan out.
Devil’s in the Details
INCREASE SUSPENSE by concentrating on the details of the setting. Horror movies are great at this – every creak of a door, every shadow across a wall keeps the audience immersed in the experience and tense with anticipation.
DECREASE SUSPENSE by breaking the “show, don’t tell” rule and allow exposition to help you move things along. You don’t need to take readers through every aspect of your story in excruciating detail. It’s okay to gloss over some things and it helps readers relax because they know you’re not going to be springing any surprises on them just yet.
Ticking Time-Bomb
INCREASE SUSPENSE by imposing a deadline that your characters struggle to meet. It’s one of the oldest and most obvious tricks in the book, but very effective.
DECREASE SUSPENSE by allowing your characters to believe that the deadline has been met or pushed back. If they (and the readers) believe that they’ve accomplished their goal or bought themselves more time, it relieves pressure and allows everyone to relax until the truth’s revealed.
I can’t suspense worth a crap so any hint will help
A couple of notes: this was intended to be part of a larger block of buildings, so there are no windows on the sides or back, and the first and fourth floors are empty. There’s no landscaping and the exterior is pretty blah. You could put it on a larger lot and add to it. I may do that eventually.
I was reeeally in the mood to build another farmhouse ‘cause I looove farmhouses, so yeah, I did… and it ended up pretty big. I kind of had this idea that there’d be a main house they’ve combined with a renovated barn until my bf was nice enough to shoot that idea into the ground by saying it didn’t look like a barn. Thanks, man! I don’t care though, it’s a barn, mkay.
This house is for a larger family, but there’s also room for pets! It’s for 2 grownups, 2 teens, 1 child and 1 toddler, but technically there’s room for 7 sims. It’s a rather spacious builds, so both the living room and the kitchen are kind of big, but I like it and I hope you do too!
so i saw a skirt like this a few days ago and thought about how nice it would look on my sim Logan, so ta da! looks real good with a nice crop top as you can see. I added in some plain colours too cause i thought the zipper style looked good. I also just wanted to say how much i love all your guy’s support, you seem to enjoy the cc i’m making at the minute, so thankyou once again.
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