They say you're meant to end a sentence with a period

I don't like that

I think line breaks look much prettier



Oh, that?

That wasn't a weak scene break

I use the extra white space to distinguish between paragraphs

It's not ideal: I'd rather indent, but this site doesn't seem to let me

People looked at me funny when I tried using horizontal lines, so I gave up on that



I like telling stories

Have you heard the one about the Princess and the Dragon before?

I'll tell you, if you like

Or if you don't like, because this isn't a conversation and your reaction isn't going to change the words on the screen

If you don't like stories about Princesses and Dragons, you're probably best just skipping this entry



[quote]Once upon a time, there was a Princess who was locked away in a tall, dark tower, and this tower was guarded by a fearsome dragon

The Dragon wasn't that tall—only half as tall as the tower—and his scales almost sparkled in the sunlight, like unpolished rubies

But he was still very good at being a dragon, and he would gobble up all the Princes who came to try to rescue the Princess



One day, the Princess said to the Dragon: "Why do you keep eating all the Princes?

I would much prefer it if you didn't fight them, and let me out of the tower instead"



The Dragon replied: "I am a good dragon

A good dragon never lets his Princess escape"



So the Princess decided that, since she was stuck there anyway, she should get to know the Dragon; that way, they should be able to pass the time in each other's company

After all, it was many months between each Princes' visit, and the tower only had one bookshelf and a small candle to read by

She asked the Dragon: "Do you like stories?"



"Yes," said the Dragon, "I like stories very much

Why do you ask?"



"I was reading a story about a beautiful princess the other day," said the Princess

"She had the most beautiful dress

It made me sad, because I do not have any dresses in this tower"



The Dragon, who had never read any stories about dragons whose princesses talked to them, didn't quite know what to say

He thought for a moment, and then said: "I could go and get you a dress, if you liked?"



And so the Dragon and the Princess made plans to go to the mall together, and that was how they became friends[/quote]



I like that story a lot because it doesn't really have a proper ending

Not just because the Princess doesn't marry a Prince

I know that's how these stories usually end, and I am glad that this one doesn't end like that

But that's not really what I meant



The story stops, but it doesn't [i]end[/i]

It doesn't really have a conclusion

Which makes sense, when you think about it, because life doesn't just stop when a story ends

It just keeps going



I guess that's why I don't end my sentences with periods