Complex sentence: Orr, while in the fifth grade, wrote a short story called the "Little Tin Shop", this story led to writing for the high school paper, and he worked as a photo-journalist for the US Army.
Split into simpler sentences: Orr, while in the fifth grade, wrote a short story called the "Little Tin Shop", this story led to writing for the high school paper. He worked as a photo-journalist for the US Army.