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Why I Haven't Posted Anything in Ages: The First Tale
So TogetherAgain sat on the bus on the way to and from school, because that seemed like a logical time to think and nap, and she thought about posting that story she'd been concocting in which she saved the Muppets. There were, however, a few problems with posting that story.
First of all, despite the fact that TogetherAgain's obsession with the Muppets was growing more than ever, she really didn't know too much about most of the characters. Did she expect herself to write these characters in character when pretty much all she knew about them was a name and general appearance? Heck no! But how on earth was she going to explain for the utter lack of so many Muppets?
Then of course, there was the important matter of the fact that she was such an influential character. Could she really write that and post it? Um... No, no, she really couldn't. It was not right at all, you see, because as much as she wished it wasn't true, TogetherAgain was not a Muppet, nor was she a fictional character, and therefore she did not have any place at all in a Muppet fan fiction story, especially one that she was writing. It simply would have been too arrogant and presumptuous, and those were traits that this particular girl liked to avoid at all costs.
The third issue was the matter of coming up with a title... But we'll get back to that, right after we get back to the other two issues.
The first issue turned out to be fairly easy to deal with. TogetherAgain simply claimed that most of the Muppets had moved out of the Muppet Boarding House, leaving only the Muppets that she was more familiar with. Case closed! All she had to do was go to the Muppet Theater and grant the other Muppets a token line or two, and she was all set.
The second issue was more difficult, as the fact that SHE was in the story was, by this point, fairly embedded into the plot. Since she couldn't post herself into such a major story role, she obviously had to change the name of the character that was no longer going to be her. She also cut out the scenes that involved her family, her house, and the motorcycle she wanted to have someday. The changes ended up be fairly easy to make, since the character of herself had never really so much been herself as she had been a glorified version of herself, which is really all anyone wants to write anyway.
Then came the third and final issue: the title. This left poor TogetherAgain utterly stumped until one day, with too much time on her hands as usual, she was sitting in her room listening to this "Muppet Central Radio," and one of her favorite songs came on that she had never heard of before she had started listening to Muppet Central Radio. The song happened to be called "Sweet Vacation," and it happened to be all up-beat and happy and the kind of song to which TogetherAgain required herself to dance, just to make sure she got SOME sort of exercise, since school was almost over and she wouldn't have the "I have classes on the third floor" excuse much longer. At any rate, she was listening to this song, and the lyrics stuck in her head, as they usually did. "Sweet vacation... recreation... destination, home... My friends can take me! Sweet vacation... recreation... destination home... My friends can take me home..." Well, inspiration finally struck, and Little Miss TogetherAgain decided that "Destination: Home" would be the perfect title for her story, and with that, she began to post.
Well... alright, so she didn't begin to post with that. She began to post with meek hopes, an explanation that since she nagged everyone else for their stories, it was only fair that she write, too, and a request that people be honest with what they thought about it, and that they not be afraid of "hurting her feelings," because she wanted to know what they really thought.
It turned out that readers either didn't notice that request, or thought she was amazing, and since she didn't even think that they might have missed the request until years afterwards, TogetherAgain was positively floored. They liked her! They really, really liked her! Oh, you should have seen the way she danced around her room and ran downstairs to tell her mother when some of the members she respected most were praising her work. (Her mother was utterly baffled.) She resolved to write and post a chapter a day, and she had a lot of fun with it. Often, since sitting in front of her computer could be boring, uninspiring, and likely to garner light reprimands from her parents for wasting a beautiful day, she would take a little notebook and go sit outside to write, and then come back inside to type it all up. The notebook also happened to help with getting the story done when her parents insisted on dragging her out of the house, so it all worked out very well.
Of course, TogetherAgain also had a friend from her youth group who was very encouraging about this writing, so it was only logical that the friend should read the story, too. The trouble with this, of course, was that the friend had a life, and didn't have much time to read every single new chapter. For a while, when TogetherAgain finished the story, she didn't want to start a new one until her friend had finished reading the first one. While she waited, she, well... stalled. She started posting commentary, as if her story was a DVD, and deleted scenes, and a preview for the next story. The other members of Muppet Central seemed to enjoy it, but in the meantime, the friend just didn't read the story.
But that was alright, because TogetherAgain had printed the story off and gotten it bound at Kinkos, and she was showing it off to her family. They all had nice things to say about it, and her big sister had some good suggestions, like not mixing and matching whether she denoted emphasis by italics, bold, or capital letters. (TogetherAgain had never been able to decide which she liked. She ultimately settled on italics for emphasis and capital letters for volume, but in that first story, you never knew what would show up next.)
So TogetherAgain was absolutely thrilled with the success of her first story, enjoyed having something to do with the day during her long, empty summers, and was excited to start a new story.
The question was... What would the next story be?
So TogetherAgain sat on the bus on the way to and from school, because that seemed like a logical time to think and nap, and she thought about posting that story she'd been concocting in which she saved the Muppets. There were, however, a few problems with posting that story.
First of all, despite the fact that TogetherAgain's obsession with the Muppets was growing more than ever, she really didn't know too much about most of the characters. Did she expect herself to write these characters in character when pretty much all she knew about them was a name and general appearance? Heck no! But how on earth was she going to explain for the utter lack of so many Muppets?
Then of course, there was the important matter of the fact that she was such an influential character. Could she really write that and post it? Um... No, no, she really couldn't. It was not right at all, you see, because as much as she wished it wasn't true, TogetherAgain was not a Muppet, nor was she a fictional character, and therefore she did not have any place at all in a Muppet fan fiction story, especially one that she was writing. It simply would have been too arrogant and presumptuous, and those were traits that this particular girl liked to avoid at all costs.
The third issue was the matter of coming up with a title... But we'll get back to that, right after we get back to the other two issues.
The first issue turned out to be fairly easy to deal with. TogetherAgain simply claimed that most of the Muppets had moved out of the Muppet Boarding House, leaving only the Muppets that she was more familiar with. Case closed! All she had to do was go to the Muppet Theater and grant the other Muppets a token line or two, and she was all set.
The second issue was more difficult, as the fact that SHE was in the story was, by this point, fairly embedded into the plot. Since she couldn't post herself into such a major story role, she obviously had to change the name of the character that was no longer going to be her. She also cut out the scenes that involved her family, her house, and the motorcycle she wanted to have someday. The changes ended up be fairly easy to make, since the character of herself had never really so much been herself as she had been a glorified version of herself, which is really all anyone wants to write anyway.
Then came the third and final issue: the title. This left poor TogetherAgain utterly stumped until one day, with too much time on her hands as usual, she was sitting in her room listening to this "Muppet Central Radio," and one of her favorite songs came on that she had never heard of before she had started listening to Muppet Central Radio. The song happened to be called "Sweet Vacation," and it happened to be all up-beat and happy and the kind of song to which TogetherAgain required herself to dance, just to make sure she got SOME sort of exercise, since school was almost over and she wouldn't have the "I have classes on the third floor" excuse much longer. At any rate, she was listening to this song, and the lyrics stuck in her head, as they usually did. "Sweet vacation... recreation... destination, home... My friends can take me! Sweet vacation... recreation... destination home... My friends can take me home..." Well, inspiration finally struck, and Little Miss TogetherAgain decided that "Destination: Home" would be the perfect title for her story, and with that, she began to post.
Well... alright, so she didn't begin to post with that. She began to post with meek hopes, an explanation that since she nagged everyone else for their stories, it was only fair that she write, too, and a request that people be honest with what they thought about it, and that they not be afraid of "hurting her feelings," because she wanted to know what they really thought.
It turned out that readers either didn't notice that request, or thought she was amazing, and since she didn't even think that they might have missed the request until years afterwards, TogetherAgain was positively floored. They liked her! They really, really liked her! Oh, you should have seen the way she danced around her room and ran downstairs to tell her mother when some of the members she respected most were praising her work. (Her mother was utterly baffled.) She resolved to write and post a chapter a day, and she had a lot of fun with it. Often, since sitting in front of her computer could be boring, uninspiring, and likely to garner light reprimands from her parents for wasting a beautiful day, she would take a little notebook and go sit outside to write, and then come back inside to type it all up. The notebook also happened to help with getting the story done when her parents insisted on dragging her out of the house, so it all worked out very well.
Of course, TogetherAgain also had a friend from her youth group who was very encouraging about this writing, so it was only logical that the friend should read the story, too. The trouble with this, of course, was that the friend had a life, and didn't have much time to read every single new chapter. For a while, when TogetherAgain finished the story, she didn't want to start a new one until her friend had finished reading the first one. While she waited, she, well... stalled. She started posting commentary, as if her story was a DVD, and deleted scenes, and a preview for the next story. The other members of Muppet Central seemed to enjoy it, but in the meantime, the friend just didn't read the story.
But that was alright, because TogetherAgain had printed the story off and gotten it bound at Kinkos, and she was showing it off to her family. They all had nice things to say about it, and her big sister had some good suggestions, like not mixing and matching whether she denoted emphasis by italics, bold, or capital letters. (TogetherAgain had never been able to decide which she liked. She ultimately settled on italics for emphasis and capital letters for volume, but in that first story, you never knew what would show up next.)
So TogetherAgain was absolutely thrilled with the success of her first story, enjoyed having something to do with the day during her long, empty summers, and was excited to start a new story.
The question was... What would the next story be?
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Pft, a chapter a day my foot... No, not Nyssa. 
Loving this as you know Lisa, it's a great introspective look into the minds of the Queen of Fan-Fiction!
Loving this as you know Lisa, it's a great introspective look into the minds of the Queen of Fan-Fiction!
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Hey, I was really GOOD about posting a chapter a day that first summer! I got INSOMNIA one night because I HADN'T posted a chapter! ...I've just... gotten... progressively worse... ever since then. <Ahem> But we haven't gotten there yet! No, no, hardly there yet. Though we will be eventually. I hope. And in the meantime, I should be writing that paper I'm supposed to turn in tomorrow.
And Nyssa is MY foot, not yours! Although I suppose she could be HALF your foot... Or half be your foot... Or be your half foot... Goodness but we're a complicated bunch.
And Nyssa is MY foot, not yours! Although I suppose she could be HALF your foot... Or half be your foot... Or be your half foot... Goodness but we're a complicated bunch.
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...Would that also make her six inches?
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Jaw falls out of mouth and drops to the floor
I just discovered this thread and all I have to say after picking my jaw off of the floor and re-attaching it is, "OH MY GOD!" There are so many wonderful teasers for fantastic stories that hopefully I will get to read soon! I am teased way more than I have been by any movie trailer or book description, and I am delighted and feel slightly tortured at the same time!
OHH, HOW I WANT TO KNOW MORE
Here are the stories that teased me the most:
Flippersteps, part II: Piggy left but according to the teaser, it's not ushy gushy, VERY intriguing!
Flippersteps part III: Kermit in a coma!
Heart of Gold- you know how much I absolutely adore this story. I noticed that they are 59 chapters written but only 48 posted? I wonder if this still is the case and I would absolutely love to read more of this story anytime soon! Definitely my fave fan-fic on the forum
Left at Fork in the Road- SO ADORABLE! Can't wait to see it
Muted Notes: Mysterious and hopefully full of ushy-gushiness (my senses have been cracking for quite some time now!)
Lily Pad Crown- Crown, Royalty? SO INTERESTED! I want to know what happens so bad!
Together Again- very common plot idea among the forum, I am dying to know your interpretation!
So now i have been so throroughly teased that I can barely stay in my seat an attempt to read before my eyes bug out! I hope against hope and wish against wish (robin hood men in tights reference) that this summer we will get to see most of these stories come to at least some fruition, because if not, my teased brain might pop out of my head and eat me like any typical large Muppet Monster would. They all sound so wonderful that if we never get to hear it, the forum would be at a great loss indeed. I totally wish I were as creative as you, but I will be happy and support you and your efforts every step of the way. If you need help clearing your head or organizing your thoughts, you just let me know and we'll get these fanfics up and running! I definitely need a break from teasing now before my muppet senses explode, leaving nothing but a pile of Muppety ooze that Beauregard will forget to clean up causing the rest of the gang to slip. But I cannot stress enough: SUCH GREAT IDEAS! I absatively posilutely am in total anticipation for more!
Phew, simmer down senses, simmer down! haha
I just discovered this thread and all I have to say after picking my jaw off of the floor and re-attaching it is, "OH MY GOD!" There are so many wonderful teasers for fantastic stories that hopefully I will get to read soon! I am teased way more than I have been by any movie trailer or book description, and I am delighted and feel slightly tortured at the same time!
OHH, HOW I WANT TO KNOW MORE
Here are the stories that teased me the most:
Flippersteps, part II: Piggy left but according to the teaser, it's not ushy gushy, VERY intriguing!
Flippersteps part III: Kermit in a coma!
Heart of Gold- you know how much I absolutely adore this story. I noticed that they are 59 chapters written but only 48 posted? I wonder if this still is the case and I would absolutely love to read more of this story anytime soon! Definitely my fave fan-fic on the forum
Left at Fork in the Road- SO ADORABLE! Can't wait to see it
Muted Notes: Mysterious and hopefully full of ushy-gushiness (my senses have been cracking for quite some time now!)
Lily Pad Crown- Crown, Royalty? SO INTERESTED! I want to know what happens so bad!
Together Again- very common plot idea among the forum, I am dying to know your interpretation!
So now i have been so throroughly teased that I can barely stay in my seat an attempt to read before my eyes bug out! I hope against hope and wish against wish (robin hood men in tights reference) that this summer we will get to see most of these stories come to at least some fruition, because if not, my teased brain might pop out of my head and eat me like any typical large Muppet Monster would. They all sound so wonderful that if we never get to hear it, the forum would be at a great loss indeed. I totally wish I were as creative as you, but I will be happy and support you and your efforts every step of the way. If you need help clearing your head or organizing your thoughts, you just let me know and we'll get these fanfics up and running! I definitely need a break from teasing now before my muppet senses explode, leaving nothing but a pile of Muppety ooze that Beauregard will forget to clean up causing the rest of the gang to slip. But I cannot stress enough: SUCH GREAT IDEAS! I absatively posilutely am in total anticipation for more!
Phew, simmer down senses, simmer down! haha
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...<GLOMP!>
...Yup! Sixty-one chapters.
...<Ahem>... Not that I'm, erm... planning, any more, um... character... deaths, or... anything like that... in any story...
... <ahem>...
Oh, ain't it though? That's actually undeniably one of the most painful story lines I have planned. And it's actually two story lines. But I digress.
...Oh, if ONLY I knew how to whistle, so that I could do so as innocently as can be...
Well first let me say that I'm flattered that it's your favorite! And second let me say that this is a bit out of date now... I'm pretty sure I have over sixty chapters posted now... But now I've gotta check.
...Yup! Sixty-one chapters.Yeah, neither can I. If only I knew a little more of the plot...
QUITE full of ushy-gushiness, if it ever gets posted... or written... It's amazing how rapidly my story-count grows. This is REALLY out of date.
Oh, you find the royalty stuff interesting, do you? You oughta SEE all the stuff in my head... I now have, um... at least three royalty-related stories... Sheesh...
NO! NO DYING! Only CHARACTERS are allowed to die! YOU'RE NOT A CHARACTER!
...<Ahem>... Not that I'm, erm... planning, any more, um... character... deaths, or... anything like that... in any story...
... <ahem>...
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Teased beyond oblivion!
Just when i think i can be teased no more!
haha, I am very over-anxiously awaiting updates to a certain story before my brain explodes from excitement!
Just when i think i can be teased no more!
haha, I am very over-anxiously awaiting updates to a certain story before my brain explodes from excitement!
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Lisa I just have to say, I named my new story Together Again not remembering that you have an eventual story in the works of the same name. I hope you don't mind, I just used the first title that popped into my head!
Can't wait to read more of your narrative here either by the way.
Can't wait to read more of your narrative here either by the way.