How I’m Starting my New Story

The beginning of a story is the toughest part. You have to explain everything in great detail, and without boring the reader.

Today I decided to create a new story because an idea based off of my favorite book came into my head.

Link to the first chapter: Minecraft and the Hidden Skills: The Ender Dragon — The Normal Day (reedsy.com)

I’m reading The Hobbit for class, so I used its ways to write a story.

Instead of starting with what the main character was, I started with the beginning of the morning:

Leo’s mother, Leah, and father, Leon, had left for their usual “important business.”

Leo wonders about this important business:

“What ‘important business,’ may I ask?” asked Leo.

“You mustn’t ask, as it is a private matter,” said Leon. “Once you become an adult, you will, in destiny, learn this yourself.” Leo did not like this answer. Leo could not even wait a minute for this “private matter” to be explained to him.

Then, his parents leave. Leo likes catnaps. Yes, Leo is a cat… Anyway, he has a particularly annoying older sister:

Once Leo’s parents left, and Leo was just getting ready to take his catnap, Charlie, his annoying older sister, said, “You have to catch your daily fish!”

“I stayed up all night. I think it is reasonable to be excused to another catnap, then, I suppose?”

“The best way to wake up is to eat a fish!”

“Give me a minute. I really need this catnap.”

“I am going to tell Leon about this!”

“Once I get up from my catnap, I will catch my fish, for dog’s sake!”

“Not if I stash all the fish for myself!”

“But you’re not!” And now Leo was dashing for the stream. However, Charlie went and took her own catnap. Leo decided he would catch his daily fish, but then he went on to paw at Charlie. After all, Charlie had still not caught her daily fish.

“Stop waking me —”

“You have to catch your daily fish!” retorted Leo.

“I have my stash, and I already ate one!”

“You’re not even supposed to keep a stash!”

“Why not?”

“Maybe you have a point… Well, then, I shall take my catnap, and I shall keep my own stash!” Leo was glad to be over with this, and he could finally take his catnap.

Obviously, a reason for Leo to accept Charlie’s argument is because she is annoying and arguing with her just makes it even more annoying. However, some more background of the power of Charlie is about to be explained. How is it explained? you ask. Well, remember that the 3rd person can still mention himself and think like a human. Therefore, the narrator touches on some things:

To the person reading this book: have you ever read The Hobbit? The Baggins were not adventurous at all. They loved to be calm and chill. Well, cats are like the Baggins (although they do have a taste for adventure). A cat’s biggest priorities are catnaps, fish, and fun. So that is why Leo was relieved to have his catnap more than he was to now keep a stash of fish.

But maybe it would have made more sense to have another cat priority: freedom. Why? Leo was glad for having his first and second priorities both fully satisfied, but he did not care that Charlie was getting away with this. He knew that Charlie was the parents’ favorite. However, it does not make a lot of sense that this cat did not think about this: he was being used as a pawn. Actually, he was completely being used. Leo did not know that much. So he did all the small tasks. Meanwhile, Charlie only had to catch her daily fish, and with her stash, she could fill her belly unnoticed.

I originally added Leo should have longed to learn more, but he does long to learn more… in the next paragraph! Moving on, the first paragraph I have cited mentions The Hobbit, the foundation of the story’s concept and technique.

Charlie was the older cat, and Leo was just a kitten. Leo did not know pretty much anything, and all the parents really wanted was the small tasks. So Leo did them all, letting Charlie use her own skills.

But Leo longed to learn more. He longed to at least just have fun. To have friends, to have skills:

After he woke up and made his small stash of fish, Leo looked down at the stream, longingly. You see, Leo wanted to learn how to swim. But when he asked his parents, they thought he was trying to escape. He was not. He just wanted to fulfill his third priority: fun. But, of course, they did not care for Leo as much as Charlie. And, not to mention, Charlie would be on the opposite side of him at all times. Charlie felt that she was so superior.

But then, Leo said something. “My fun, my third priority; it’s been confined. Confined to inside the stream. And not even actually inside the stream! I have never seen another cat, other than Charlie, the annoying sister, and Leon and Leah, the un-fun parents. It’s not fun with these people. Leon and Leah neglect my third priority. Charlie neglects… well, everything. I know I shouldn’t say this, but… I want my parents to never come back. I want to leave. They thought I wanted to, and I didn’t, but now I do! These parents are absurd! I have discovered a new priority that’s better! than! fun! FREEDOM!!!” Leo had discovered an important priority.

Leo learns the priority of freedom that was mentioned before by the narrator. I said an important priority to sound a little cheeky compared to this important realization.

In fact, I really can wait to supply information. Because if you didn’t read the title of the book, all of this is in Minecraft! Skills in Minecraft? Foreshadowing? I’m about to put in my favorite book? (Tales of an 8-Bit Kitten: Lost in the Nether?)

Now that I look at it, my blog posts seem a little bland. How should I explain this better? Should I make posts about something else? Go back to coding stuff?