MaryAnne

Oh yeah, I'm on a roll now you dang Dukes. Khee! Since Daisy likes hangin' out at the jail so much and wants to put some curtains on the window there, figured she'd like to be our next contestent on Who Wants to Stay in the Hazzard Jail! She's also under arrest for plottin' to use the horse linament in place of Daney's no bake cookie recipie. Right on into the cell there. No you can't have any needle an' thread and material to make some curtains. If you behave tho', I'll letcha have a cookie. Brian, tell her what she's won for bail!

Of course I'm payin' attention, Brian. I'm standing right here! That looks like a tasty recipie there Daney! May have to try that myself sometime. You're free to go! *unlocks the cell door* Now....lessee who my next vict--- er selection might be...

This Coltrane has something to say about decoratin' the jail! Other than the lovely sign over the stairs that was done in needlepoint by Rosco's mama, we ain't decoratin' with anythin' else here. No frilly curtains or flowers by the window. This is a jail, not Better Homes and Gardens! Now... *looks at Daney* I believe your bail has been set, in the form of a no-bake cookie recipie. You wouldn't want all yer kin folk to get in trouble for bustin' you out of here when instead we could all have some cookies? Would ya?

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Of course she can have visitors. I'm not a cruel jailer. (Despite any rumours started by Brian - don't listen to 'em!)

With the voting thread, I've gone in and "bumped" those various RRs that have been touted to bring them back to the forefront again. Some of these are unfinished and maybe, just maybe, it might spur folks to pick them up again. If there's any consensus on anything here, it's that folks wanna read and take part in the kind of RRs we used to have. Many of these writers feel they got pushed aside. We're still gonna look at that option about organizing the fics and whatnot, but in the meantime, there's no sense in stopping the tide here because I get the sense that folks are fired up again. Since many of us felt we got pushed aside, perhaps it's time to push back. No deleting anything. No moving anything to a subforum. Not right now anyway. Fight fire with fire. You wanna see good RRs again....let's WRITE THEM! Yah!! One-liners from this point onward? Not allowed. We all know what RRs have the one liners. They can have 'em. They wanna be left alone? Fine, y'all will be left alone. But one liners in new RRs? One liners in RRs reserrected? *BOOM!* Gone. Deleted. Do not pass Go. Do not collect $200. I got dis shiney badge and I like that shiney delete button and I will use it. Time to get back to writing again folks! Kheehaaaa!!

Now I ain't just pickin' on Dukes but when yer a Duke, yer a Duke. And Daney's no exception. Yer under arrest for bein' a Duke and for, basically, resistin' arrest by sayin' you didn't wanna be arrested. See, had you been right in line here and jumping for the chance to get arrested I'da been shooin' you away. When are you gonna learn?! Step right into the cell there. No back talkin' now! No, you can't make a phone call, I got a 42 page fax to get to Atlanta. Looks like Roger left some toliet paper. Yes, the computer has solitaire on it. Khee!

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Well looks like Mufn done letcha out already, Roger. LOL. You're free to go. Nicely done!!

*sniffs* What is that, fried chicken? Now I know you Dukes, you might be tryin' to sneak something into the jail to help Roger escape. And a Davenport by the window there...that's not a good sign. Wait a second, is that Cooter's tow truck parked by the curb? Nobody's gonna bust Roger, out of here - not before he submits his bail. I run the toughest Stalag in all of Germany--er, I mean the toughest jail in all of Hazzard. Ja! Tho' I am on the look out for the next a-rres-tee...

Rosco got the 300 baud modem? Man, that's lightening fast! Yes, that's why you can't use the phone, Roger, we only got one phone line. And as soon as he's done, I gotta fax some stuff over to Capital City. It's only a 50 page fax, shouldn't take toooooo long....

This was posted in the one-liner thread but I figured it was more appropriate over here. LOL Don't act like you care about the Constitution and people's rights. After all, you just threw me in jail on some phoney trumped up charge and haven't even told me what it is. (I'm only assuming it's phoney and trumped up because I haven't done anything wrong). I didn't have my rights read to me. I'm running out of toilet paper and the computer in this cell is slower than Morgan's molasses. If I was you I'd be worried about Emma Tisdale. I was supposed to take her catfishing tonight. As soon as she finds out I'm in here, she might be exercising her Second Amendment rights and try to break me out. Roger, I never said I cared about the Constitution, just the First Amendment! I didn't read you your rights? Oh, well in that case... 1. Y'all have the right to shut yer yap! 2. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court o' law even if it's hearsay, made up, wrong or inaccurate. (I would advise that you waive right number 1 about shuttin' yer yap because I'm gonna need to collect some stuff to use against you in a court o' law). 3. You got the right to attorney, but good luck finding an honest one! 4. If you can't afford no attorney one will be provided for you but if it's some guy Boss knows, you're screwed. Have you understood each of these rights I've read to you? Now, just to prove I ain't a cruel jailer, I will get you some more toliet paper. I recommend tho' that if it's two ply, you use one ply to conserve, 'k? That computer is a Commodore 64, state o' the art with a cassette tape back up system. Pretty slick. I dunno what you were using before, Roger, but Hazzard County only uses the most up-to-date computer systems. Oh, and I ain't worried about Miz Tisdale wielding a gun... It's her motorbike that scares me.

Okay, the sub-forum seems to be in consensus. I'll stay away from the shiney delete key. We'll hammer out and sort through the rest of the ideas and suggestions made. And do please keep in mind folks, we are trying to find a win-win here. This is not a popularity contest, this is about putting your, YOUR, best effort forward here at HNet. One more thought I had on this. Folks, this isn't about any of the themes or storylines that are going on. With few exceptions, HNet policy is pretty open. First Amendment and all that. The issue here is that we all learn to read the same format. It's a visual format, that cues our brains in to understanding the printed words that are on the paper. It's not my format. It's not Mufn's format. It's not Brian's format. It's the UNIVERSAL format (at least, for English speaking peoples). Another way to think of this. Most all of you read stories posted to fanfiction.net. Can you imagine if each chapter an author posted only had one or two lines? Do you see where we're going with this? Thus, I repeat my question to the writer's out there. Do you care about your audience? It's easy to say "well, don't read it," but the thing is, people do want to read it. Don't you want people to read it?

Yes, you Roger. In the tradition that is Hazzard County, you're under arrest for...well, for being a Duke. I know, Roger, I know but there's just some things of the natural order that have to be adhered to! Step right into the jail cell there. No back talkin' now or you won't get any of the chipped beef for dinner... Bail? Why sure, I reckon there's gonna be bail...

Somebody to fill the jail for a spell! It's come to our attention that the Hazzard County Jail has been empty too long. It's time we cracked down on the scofflaws, vagrants, and innocent people minding their own business that affect our fine community. Plus we gotta keep people on the county payroll looking busy. For that reason, I'm gonna be on patrol and making arrests where I see fit. Then, we'll set bail just as arbitrarily. Post your bail and you'll be free as a bird! Until next time.... Khee!

Yes, but Daney, waay back when the that first RR was done, everybody had the gist of how it worked. The posts were more fleshed out and described some action and emotion along with any dialouge and weren't just me and Brian doing this.... Brian: Back off, MaryAnne. I'm taking over this town. MaryAnne: No, you're not. Brian: Yes, I am. MaryAnne: No, you're not. Brian: Yes, I am! MaryAnne: No, you're not dammit because I said so!! Rosco: Jit! I can't say I recall a single post in that RR being one line only. Can you imagine if the above was all posted one line at a time?? Nobody would've read any of our crap back then, or particpated in that RR. We WANTED folks to jump in and play. We didn't have any high expectations about writing quality but we didn't have any off the wall, out of space posts or one line responses. Maybe my own expectations for an RR are too high now. Afterall, most everybody who participated back then don't take part in an RR now.

That's part of what became the problem. This moderator couldn't keep up with all the RR's that were going on at one point. Particpating in one nearly drove me to the brink, when I would write a post and then when I got back the forums 24 to 48 hours later, there'd be three pages of new posts and the story was all over the freakin' map. I had better things to do with my time and gave up, going elsewhere. And then the flap over the created characters vs. cannon characters...yeah, I figured I was basically being pointed to the door. So the place got out of control. I Did try to reign in a couple of people but was essentially ignored (either on purpose or because of inability to understand what was being asked). They have since been removed from the forums. The thought of wiping out some of the stories in the RR section may not be a bad idea. Several very old RR's that never went anywhere or were absolutely awful were purged back in September after the first go around with this issue. (Some were also accidentally deleted, which I still apologize for). Brian's idea may not be a bad idea. Have folks nominate their top three favorite RRs and then compile a list and put it to a vote to narrow down the say, the top five. The RR's that don't make the cut can either be completely removed from the site or archived to a sub-board as Mufn has suggested.