Reflection for WP

Writing Project One: my first theory of writing

Writing can be many things from books,

comics, scripts, to TV shows, but writing can also take the form of art. Because writers convey their message through words, emotions, and make a world out of nothing. The best example I can think of for what good or bad writing is is actually from a video game technically the same game there is Call of Duty World at War, which was released in 2008 (World at War) being a good example and Call of Duty World War 2 (WW2) the bad writing. A summary of both of these games, both of them take place during world war 2, World at War tells the story of the Americans (in the Pacific) and the Soviets (the Eastern Front). But World War II tells the story of America in France. Why I believe writing of World at War has excellent writing is because of the impact it leaves on the viewer, the writer masterly writes with emotion and verger not holding back, but also not using the experience of war as pure shock, which I felt left a deeper impact, whereas for the bad writing (of World War) it holds back and just tries to hurry the viewer along. In addition, it tries to shock the viewer with over-glorified reparation of war. getting us ready for what we are about to experience, I believe that World at War has the better intro to the writer and

conveys the feelings of

despair and tragedy into their script. The introduction to the setting is Frederick D. Roseovlet, message to congress, about Pearl Harbor. The emotions that the writer makes

me feel, inspire, and shows why there was a need to fight. Whereas the writer in World War does not leave the same impact but instead kinda just strings the story along. While World War 2 ends with more of a

movie ending with everyone going back and being happy with a picture-perfect ending with all of the horror of war, World at War the ending leaves more of a long-lasting impression with real-life footage of Japan surrendering and showing the statistics of what I just experienced. The characteristics of what makes writing good is knowing how to use impact. In the book the things they carried by Tim O’Brein he talks about how a writer does not just throw in things like drugs, sex, or violence a writer, uses those as a stock to leave impact not just as, “oh the story a little boring, let me throw this in to spice it up.'' This is something I believe when reading a story due to me liking more grounded stories. Another thing writers do is they know how to tell a story.By that I mean a writer does not just force information down my throat, a writer knows when to give a full blown explanation and when to just give just enough to bite and flip to the next page. Which makes the writing feel much more natural and enjoyable while also leaving a little mystery. For example a writer that I love, Hajime Isayama, in his story Attack On Titans where he gives just enough of the information where it feels natural and not word vomit. When I

imagine a writer the image pops into my head is someone who in a sense... just looks like a regular person, they don’t look any different than me, I can’t conjure a clear image because I am torn between one being a game story writer and the other being someone who writes comics. When I think of a game writer I imagine someone in a desk wearing semi-formal clothes like a button shirt and

jeans or just something comfortable, maybe glasses and some tattoos if any. And as for comics, I just imagine someone in an office, or a place find peaceful wherever that maybe, as for what do I think a writer has good social skills and is someone relatable, they don’t have a superiority complex and they aren’t humble either the best way I can put it that they are just human. As for what a writer does and their practices, I think the biggest thing is to know when to take a break, writers don't need to write a whole 300 page book in a week, they know when to take a step back and evaluate the story they are writing another

practice they do is whatever they need to do to write. Writers are all different, each one has a very different need and way to write, So a practice they do is whatever it takes for them to write. I got my ideas from my outlook on life and from the stories of the people I have read, growing up I always played games and read some comics, I saw developer notes and how the majority of them present themselves in work. I also had some family members who were Game developers and I just gave everyone who works on the game their overarching appearance, I also learned a lot of “good writing from my teachers particularly my Junior year English teacher, he would always talk about how the writer, wrote and what they did to get inspired while writing, from my own experience of writing I got a lot of my ideas from my morality teacher and my Freshman/ Senior English teacher, he always tried to make us write outside of the box, making us take unique approach both of style and writing. One thing that I always remember from him was he was always encouraging us to try even if we knew it was bad, he would say “ give it one more paragraph” that was always a unique feeling because even though I knew my paper was bad, always adding that extra paragraph made writing the story a little easier. When I imagine writers, I see them having fun with their work, enjoying what they create and doing it to the best of their abilities and loving what they do. As for the bad writer, an example I can give is someone who vomits out what they are trying to say, they make a whole new story just to understand what happened, a good writer knows how to space out what you are reading, while also making it feel natural but a bad writer just writes whatever comes to mind making reading a pain, because I don’t want to read multiple paragraphs without any depth to them.

The things that I believe a good writer does to make their writing good, is to have a story of plan. Now I don't mean to have the whole from page one to the end of the story done but have a rough idea of where the story should be headed towards. A perfect example is from Attack on Titans where the author has a clear

outline of what gonna happen he took this single idea of humanity being protected by walls, and turns it into a whole story, having a vague idea of how the story should end, and what he needs to do to get there.

But that is not the key thing he, Hajime Isayama, does. As the story progresses and there are countless mysteries that are brought to the read, but you were paying attention these mysteries have always been shown, and if you go back and reread, suddenly you pick up on the small thing, like a charters reaction, or the way they spoke, or even what they were doing. They were so hidden that you would never have noticed them until you learn the mystery for yourself, it's that type of planning and attention to detail that I love. Another

thing that a great writer does is set the tone of the story, now sometimes this can be easier in comics, shows, games than in books but nevertheless it still can be done.

The thing that I always loved was that in comics or games, there was more use of tone you didn’t necessarily have to be told what tone was being used but rather have I can see or hear what the writer was trying to say or do, in addition to the tone. These ideas came from my experience with the reading I have done and the games I have played, the ones I always remember (other than the one with nostalgic factor) were the ones with an impact or something was done so unique that it stuck with one, for example, a certain sense, or the music that was used or the setting the story was placed in, while those help with forming my idea the biggest factor for these ideas would definitely be my Junior English teacher, he would always pick great books that would always use tone, and he would expect us when writing to apply the knowledge we took from reading the book to put it in our papers. The evidence that I have to prove my theory that writing is art, is that each writing whether they are writing a speech, a book about a fantasy world, or a story about history each writing is leaving they mark on each page, similar to a canvas, but more importantly art is about creativity as many writers do they take a single, idea

and they can whole worlds around it, or set whole sense. Creating many images, or feelings for us. There are a great number of things that writers do whether it be its genre, what it is trying to tell the audience, or if it’s trying to be entertaining. regardless of those people do not just read and say “Hey, this writing is amazing!” Writing typically falls into two main categories good and bad. What I believe good writing looks like a story has it beginning, it has it larger substance (like what's happening in the story) and of course it’s ending. But bad writing is different in several ways, one it can be tiring to read (boring or supping out words to fill pages) or it can be all over the place where there is no clear end to the story. Where I received these ideas is from my experience reading, and noticing what I thought the writer did well and what I noticed when the writer made me want to stop reading.