Unit 74 Professional Example

Halo: Fall of Reach

I decided I was going to make my creative writing piece a Linear story for the most part, flowing from beginning to end in a straight line but with elements of a multi-strand narrative thrown in. As at one point in the story the perspective changes from Russels view point to the view point of Colonel Barron. But the whole story all in all is set out as a recounting of events based on the after action report of the two characters. I got the idea from the Book Halo: The Fall of Reach, as this book gives a good example of military reports, as well as the tactics and actions of the soldiers.
This is an example of the writing style i wished to emulate in my story.

"The Master Chief pushed away and fired the pistol again. The bolt of fire caught the Elite in the face.
It writhed and clawed at nothing. The Elite shuddered . . . suspended in midair; it twitched and finally
stopped moving.
The Master Chief shot it again to make sure it was dead.
Motion sensors picked up multiple targets approaching down the corridor—forty meters and closing.
The Master Chief turned and double-timed it back to Blue-One.
Linda was where he left her, shooting her targets with absolute concentration and precision.
“There are more on the way,” he told her.
“Reinforcements have already arrived in the bay,” she reported. “Twenty, at least. They’re learning,
overlapping their shields—can’t get a good shot in.”
Static crackled over the Master Chief’s COM channel:“Master Chief, this is Captain Keyes. Did you get
the NAV database?” The Captain sounded out of breath.
“Negative, sir. We’re close.”
“We’re bound in-system to retrieve you. ETA is five minutes. Destroy theCircumference’s database and
get out ASAP. If you cannot accomplish your mission . . . I’ll have to take out the station with thePillar of
Autumn’s weapons. We are running out of time.”
“Understood, sir.”
The channel snapped off.
Captain Keyes was wrong. They weren’t running out of time . . . time had already run out."

I decided this book was a good piece to emulate as it is a military science fiction piece, with harsh language violence and contains and successfully portrays realistic (for a sci-fi) military life in a war against insurmountable odds. This is something i wanted to try and convey in my narrative.