Story:Design

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Every great work starts with a process, a flow of thoughts that builds into something greater. Design itself and stories share this same free flowing process. It’s what becomes of these thoughts that determines if the outcome is a success or not. With design and stories alike one has to find the pieces that work. The best way to start off is to unleash all the ideas you are having. After this it’s the process of filtering and picking the most fundamental plots or designs and finding a way to translate them. This is another similarity is that both are used as a sort of communication. A story is a way to show either a false or a factual journey. Whereas a design is a way to communicate ones style. Both provoke the audience to feel a certain emotion or have a certain opinion.
The next part of the process and the best way to get a final product that is satisfying is to work on it many times. When one is writing a story, it is important to write many drafts and have revisions so that what is left is the very best work possible. Just like what I will do to this very article to make sure that I am showing a clear connection between design and stories. In design, revision is also very important. Scale models and quick sketches among with others are all important in building a final product with the highest craft and most impressive design. Also along the same lines, to better ones own work they must be hands on with it. When speaking about the way he teaches his class at Yale University William Zinsser writes” The moral was clear: crafts don’t get learned by listening.” (Zinsser, Wiliam.First Use Plain English.2009) Zinsser shows an important lesson, that for one to fully understand and become better at their art they must have practice first. Althoguh a story or a design may not first make sense, the revision and future attempts will serve to better it.
In the later stages of the process it is all about making ones work unique and interactive. With literature and design your work must have a certain aspect that makes it stand apart from the rest. There are a plethora of books and papers and articles and lamps and chairs, but what makes something sucessful is if it stands out against the rest. Each piece of work should have a personal touch that shows the creativity of the creator. The hard part though is being able to reach the intended audience, while also keeping enough of oneself in the work. Both stories and design are about finding a balance being able to satisy on many levels. If a work cannot interact with the viewer then it fails to serve its purpose. In the end, stories and deisgn share many aspects and similarities. They both are a process that in the end the ultimate goal is to express ones ideas in a fully understandable and pleasing way.