Dear Diary
Title: Dear Diary
Author: naughtydolphin posting in my sims journal, simtasia
Status: Complete
Rating: M at the least, often R.
Genre: Drama
Format: Story told via diary entries.
Warnings/Advisories: Frequent adult situations including nudity, sex, language, violence (including domestic), rape. Best to consider it NSFW.
Link: Index for all 40 chapters
Request/Review: If you would like to review it, I'm all for it. The story began in 2008 and ended in 2010, during which I went through several computer issues and learnt a lot about posing and editing, so it was a continual learning curve for me.
Summary: Zady is fresh out of high school, pregnant, and married to her abusive high school boyfriend, Alfred. Her story is mostly told through her diary entries as she struggles with all the drama life throws at her, of which there is plenty. Love, loss, fear, hope, marriage, divorce, children, death, success, failure, and just a teeny bit of magic...it's all there!
At times I've described it as a sims soap opera roller coaster ride, because it does take you on quite a ride. There are 40 chapters in all, following Zady through her adult years, from freshly out of high school to the cusp of her elder stage.
There is a mix of original and pre-made characters, set originally in Pleasantview and later in a few sub-hoods. At times, the story will switch from being Zady's diary entries to that of another character, or to standard story mode, depending on what the story needed.