Yeah me either! Join the club I think they where written by people that don't know English very well or something, my advice stick to crochet projects on YOUTUBE that you can do it with. Sometimes Red Heart has videos on projects just do those one's and you will get the hang of their style of writing.
But you are not alone not very many people make clear patterns, maybe they do this because they are scared that it will be to easy and you will run out of crafts OR they are just bad at describing things.
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.