When you sit down and really think about it, the story of the Cat in the Hat makes very little sense.
Why were the two kids left alone all day? How did the Cat know to come to their house? And why did the kids just choose to sit in front of the window moping instead of having fun playing with all their toys?
I mean, just look at this opening page.
Come on, kids! Do something!
But today we finally answer all those questions by writing the prequel to the Cat in the Hat.
During the last stream, chat voted for us to write this prompt by ParameciaAntic: “The reason the Cat in the Hat was wandering around on a rainy day trying doorknobs, looking for an unlocked house.”
Watch a short video of us writing/reading it here,
or you can read the story here..
Writing this was a ton of fun. I’ve never had the chance to write in Dr. Seuss style before, so this was a great opportunity to flex our rhyming muscles.
I was surprisingly happy with how it turned out. I thought there was no chance we’d write anything even remotely coherent, but it ended up pretty good. It felt like it could’ve come right out of a Dr. Seuss book, although maybe we would’ve needed to include a few more made-up words to give it that really Seuss-ian feel.
If you want to join us and help write a story by trolling in chat, or share your own writing for feedback, then we’d love to have you. We stream on Twitch every Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday at 7:30pm-11:30pm (U.S. Eastern Standard Time).
And you missed the stream, you can still watch Rubbish to Published, the writing exercises, or the writing prompts on YouTube, or watch the full stream reruns.
Hope to see you next time, friend!
Featured image: Flickr/Martin Pettitt
Insert image: Flickr/Daniel X. O’Neil