RE: Writing and Semicolons Thread
04-03-2012, 04:02 AM
I wrote a silly story tonight. Here it is.
Once upon a time, there was a cat named Akwar the Orc Sorceror. He lived with an orc sorceror named Cat.
One day, Cat had to leave to do some particularly complex orc sorcery in a faraway land. He left Akwar the Orc Sorceror in the care of his brother, Akwar, who was also an orc sorceror and who Cat had named his cat after.
Unbeknownst to Cat, Akwar the Orc Sorceror hated Akwar the Orc Sorceror, and so he saw this as an opportunity to enact his plans for revenge. However, Akwar was not a very bright or successful orc sorceror, so his plans for revenge mostly involved cuddling Akwar the Orc Sorceror and then forgetting what his plans were.
After three days, Akwar the Orc Sorceror finally remembered that cuddling was not a good way of enacting revenge, and so he came up with a new plan. His new plan involved giving Akwar the Orc Sorceror a saucer of milk.
Akwar the Orc Sorceror watched with glee as Akwar the Orc Sorceror lapped up the milk. When the last drop was gone, Akwar the Orc Sorceror burst into laughter, and then Akwar the Orc Sorceror leapt into his lap and Akwar the Orc Sorceror started petting him.
An hour of petting and belly-scratching later, Akwar the Orc Sorceror realized that he had meant to put poison milk in the saucer but had just put regular milk in it instead.
The next day, Akwar remembered that he was an orc sorceror, and that meant he could do sorcery. So, Akwar the Orc Sorceror cast a spell on Akwar the Orc Sorceror. It turned Akwar the Orc Sorceror into an orc sorceror.
"Thanks!" said Akwar the Orc Sorceror. "I'd been trying to tell my brother for weeks that I accidentally turned myself into a cat and turned his cat into an orc sorceror. But I got distracted by chasing the catnip mouse and drinking milk and getting belly scratches."
"Meow," said Akwar the Orc Sorceror.
"Oh, right. I should probably turn you back into a cat. Poof! You're a cat again!"
And so when Cat came back, Akwar the Orc Sorceror was once again an orc sorceror, and Akwar the Orc Sorceror was once again a cat.
"Hello, Cat," Akwar the Orc Sorceror said. "How did the orc sorcery go?"
"Woof," said Cat. "Woof woof."
"Meow," said Akwar the Orc Sorceror.
"Woof! Woof!" Cat said, and he started chasing Akwar the Orc Sorceror around the room.
Meanwhile, in a faraway land, an orc sorceror named Dog was petting his dog, Cat the Orc Sorceror.
"I'm glad you're better now, Cat the Orc Sorceror," Dog said. "That orc sorceror did a really good job. He's a much better orc sorceror than I am."
"Yeah, you didn't pay him nearly enough," Cat the Orc Sorceror replied. Then he went off to bury a bone.
Akwar the Orc Sorceror
Once upon a time, there was a cat named Akwar the Orc Sorceror. He lived with an orc sorceror named Cat.
One day, Cat had to leave to do some particularly complex orc sorcery in a faraway land. He left Akwar the Orc Sorceror in the care of his brother, Akwar, who was also an orc sorceror and who Cat had named his cat after.
Unbeknownst to Cat, Akwar the Orc Sorceror hated Akwar the Orc Sorceror, and so he saw this as an opportunity to enact his plans for revenge. However, Akwar was not a very bright or successful orc sorceror, so his plans for revenge mostly involved cuddling Akwar the Orc Sorceror and then forgetting what his plans were.
After three days, Akwar the Orc Sorceror finally remembered that cuddling was not a good way of enacting revenge, and so he came up with a new plan. His new plan involved giving Akwar the Orc Sorceror a saucer of milk.
Akwar the Orc Sorceror watched with glee as Akwar the Orc Sorceror lapped up the milk. When the last drop was gone, Akwar the Orc Sorceror burst into laughter, and then Akwar the Orc Sorceror leapt into his lap and Akwar the Orc Sorceror started petting him.
An hour of petting and belly-scratching later, Akwar the Orc Sorceror realized that he had meant to put poison milk in the saucer but had just put regular milk in it instead.
The next day, Akwar remembered that he was an orc sorceror, and that meant he could do sorcery. So, Akwar the Orc Sorceror cast a spell on Akwar the Orc Sorceror. It turned Akwar the Orc Sorceror into an orc sorceror.
"Thanks!" said Akwar the Orc Sorceror. "I'd been trying to tell my brother for weeks that I accidentally turned myself into a cat and turned his cat into an orc sorceror. But I got distracted by chasing the catnip mouse and drinking milk and getting belly scratches."
"Meow," said Akwar the Orc Sorceror.
"Oh, right. I should probably turn you back into a cat. Poof! You're a cat again!"
And so when Cat came back, Akwar the Orc Sorceror was once again an orc sorceror, and Akwar the Orc Sorceror was once again a cat.
"Hello, Cat," Akwar the Orc Sorceror said. "How did the orc sorcery go?"
"Woof," said Cat. "Woof woof."
"Meow," said Akwar the Orc Sorceror.
"Woof! Woof!" Cat said, and he started chasing Akwar the Orc Sorceror around the room.
Meanwhile, in a faraway land, an orc sorceror named Dog was petting his dog, Cat the Orc Sorceror.
"I'm glad you're better now, Cat the Orc Sorceror," Dog said. "That orc sorceror did a really good job. He's a much better orc sorceror than I am."
"Yeah, you didn't pay him nearly enough," Cat the Orc Sorceror replied. Then he went off to bury a bone.