Pointless Subjects Starring Youtube Comments - V2.0 - Story vs. Writing

Also, I lied because the Youtube comments aren't actually present here. Sorry. :'( Maybe it'll be in my next edition. PIZZA VS PIE

I don't read Youtube comments. It's worse than Reddit, it's worse than 4chan, it's worse that 9gag. It's... Just horrible.
Disclaimer: I don't visit 4chan or 9gag so I might be wrong about these two. :P

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I think writing and story are not inherently synonymous. For example, someone can write dialogue, which is completely meaningless to the plot/story/universe. You can write the greatest exchange of dialogue between two characters, but if it isn't relevant to the plot, it's not the story. For example, in Watchdogs, hacking people's phones and listening to their conversations is creepy. I mean, writing. But it's not story, since you don't get involved. You're just a bystander; it could be a story, but it's not the story. Can it be well written? Yes, but it wouldn't mean that the story of the game is well written.

Story and writing don't always go hand in hand in video games
More importantly, who talked shit about Last Of Us? ill kill em with my power

I understand nothing... Possibly because of the language barrier :/ But thanks

Story and writing are clearly not synonymous because a story doesn't have to come in written form. We can tell stories (and people did before writing was common knowledge or even before it was invented), and we can experience stories presented in a visual way via a movie or game (often with an aural component, but it's not strictly necessary). We can "read" a story which is mainly made of pictures depicting what happens, with just dialogue and a bit of narration in written form. There are many way to tell a story.

Edit: Monukai has a point. In the context of a movie or non-text game, "story" would typically refer to the plot, while "writing" would likely refer to words said.

well, more context would have been helpful (i.e. the comment you saw them use writing) but I'm guessing when 'writing' was used it was to refer to the quality of the story and dialogue, i.e. "the writing was bad for this game" could mean that both the story and the dialogue weren't good.

that being said, in a technical sense I would say no they are not, a 'writing' is not necessarily a story, but a [written] story is always a writing.