NaNoWriMo 2020

[Harel13]

I've thought about what makes a successful writer.
I have all the qualities to be a great....except for
insight, understanding people, dedication, interest,
connection, flair, intelligence, creativity, & bravery.

Hey, at least you know how to write. That's already something.

 

[Harel13]

It was a low fantasy murder mystery, set in approx 1000 AD. Less weird than that sounds.

It actually sounds really cool.

 

[Harel13]

Can't think of anything I've studied sufficiently to be worth writing a novel on. Not creative enough for fiction

I outlined in the OP only the original concept of NaNoWriMo. Since then it's evolved. Some people write scripts, some write short stories, some write fanfiction, some write nonfiction- you know, whatever floats your boat. In fact, I remember when I first tried it out around 2013, it was """against the rules""" to write in any language besides English (it was kind of a running joke at the time that there were people who would purposely write in manners that were against the rules. I think they were called "rebel-wrimos" or something like that). That's long since water under the bridge.

 

[DagonVarunaMitraApolloZan]

Work is so flat out, I might struggle. But I should.
It was a low fantasy murder mystery, set in approx 1000 AD. Less weird than that sounds.

Would it be even better if it were weirder and weirder?

 

[DagonVarunaMitraApolloZan]

Here's the summary I wrote in English:
Yair is a Mashak Dat, a religious coordinator in the IDF's Rabbinate Corps, serving in the brand-new 123rd Battalion on the Jordan River's East Bank. He hates it. The guys in the unit are mostly okay, but the officers are bullying jerks, especially his personal officer, the unit's Military Rabbi, who's cold, distant, and truthfully, doesn't really know what he's doing. Yair feels that he's on constant survival mode, just waiting for his service to be over. Then tragedy strikes the unit, and Yair is forced to join forces with his hated officer to help the battalion pull through a rough period.

It's very very very loosely-based on my own experiences in the army and those of some of my friends, but I invented a fictional unit, fictional base and it's set a few years in our future, just to make the background of the story seem plausible.

Maybe when you finish it you could even get it turned into a TV show or something, it sounds awesome!

 

[lewisnotmiller]

Would it be even better if it were weirder and weirder?

Ha! Maybe...all comes down to personal choice, really. But when I write, I like to have a level of grittiness and realism I find it's too easy to divorce from if I go too 'out there' with my narrative.
Some people have the ability to pull that off really well, but my strength in writing has always been the clarity and simplicity of my prose, rather than my ability to communicate more esoteric ideas and concepts.

Gotta play to my strengths, somewhat!

 

[Harel13]

Maybe when you finish it you could even get it turned into a TV show or something, it sounds awesome!

Doubtful, but thanks.