Leyla said:
There's always going to be a part of yourself in your writing, I think because writing is a personal thing and we use our own experiences and understanding to shape the internal motivations of our characters. It doesn't always equate to putting yourself into a story however.!
Well said. I actually tried to write a better explanation after Java's post, but failed miserably. You, however, did a lovely job of explaining. I sometimes think of my fictional offspring as children. Like my real children, they come with a will of their own and I cannot always bend them to mine. Also like real children, they will express aspects of my personality, but not my whole personality. My birth children are strong-willed, very verbally oriented (ha!) and like to create things--it's pretty loud at my house most of the time.
Leyla said:
Well, like Ed pointed out that's not my story, although I do really like it. I'm a sick, evil person who endorses cruelty to muppets, if only for the sake of killing them with kindness later on. To back up your excellent theory however, I work at an ice rink and did have to take care of a woman who fell and got a concussion. Some of that coloured Piggy's accident. (I wouldn't count on me for actual medical knowledge however!)
How mortifying! I did, in fact, know that Smiles was the author of that story, and you were writing “Something Worth Waiting For,” with Piggy in the hospital (now home) and not wanting Kermit to know. I cannot tell you how embarrassed I am, but here’s what happened while I was writing my previous post. I had started to make a note about your story, hence my “hi there” but as soon as I wrote your name, I remembered your comment about “weren’t we trying to fix Rowlf up with someone” (referencing The First Time It Happens by Nicole) and so—lest I lose my micro-fiber thread of thought, I wrote down my comments about her story, intending to go back and separate comments about you from her and….had so many interruptions from people who shall remain nameless (see above comments about children) that I didn’t post a very coherent post. Below, with apologies, are the comments I intended to make about YOUR story (which I’m enjoying very much).
Leyla is writing a story about Kermit being separated from the rest of the muppets and not really knowing what’s going on at home, much like she was recently separated from the rest of us by her exciting “camp” opportunity where she was only allowed to speak French. (Hence, Kermit went to France, I assume.) While Kermit is away and Piggy is in the hospital, Leyla felt “out of the loop” with what was going on in her “real life with us” on the muppet boards (as opposed to her actual real life). When she did return, as Piggy did to the boarding house, she had to “gear up” to get back into her writing mode. (As do we all, dear) Once she did, however, as I trust Piggy will soon do, she was back to her wonderful creative self.
Again, please accept my apologies and my absolute mortification at having not cleaned up my post before I sent it. (Puts hand over face like Fozzie—looks ashamed.)
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