It's a 'drawn' alphabet, if you can draw, you can do calligraphy.
First start with the basics and just practice copying calligraphy with a normal pen. Then as you get better and better you'll develop your own style and decide what materials are good for you :)) and don't forget to have fun.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.