Write in 2014 discussion

OK so basically i just want to work on my Nano from last year, Sir Ian's War, and try to get it right. the research is gonna be harder now that i'm getting into the actuall battles. If anyone has any war story advice, i'll gladly take it and appreciate it.
Thanks and good luck to everyone this year, whatever your goal may be.
Madeline

Sir Ian's War
http://www.goodreads.com/story/show/2...

In my opinion, the strongest aspect of writing a good war story is capturing the emotions. It's hard to write about something as horrible as warfare without having experienced it. Luckily there are quite a few authors who do have first-hand experience and know what they're writing about.

You should try reading The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien. I know your book is about medieval warfare and O'Brien's book is about Vietnam ... So it probably won't help with the history research, but it might help you to improve the emotional/characterization aspects of your story. I'm usually not into "war" books but I thought The Things They Carried was really powerful and gave me a clearer understanding as to what war is really like. So, I recommend looking for other books on war––and that's the one I'd start with.

Hope that helps!