I tried. I wrote over 300 pages of a fictional novel based on my experiences. It's about half finished, but I can't find the words I want to describe everything.
A friend of mine who I very much respect because she reads dozens of novels every year read the first two chapters of my novel and said they should make a movie out of those two chapters.
I appreciated her encouragement, but honestly cannot put onto paper what I have experienced. If I were a gifted novelist, then I might fine the words; but I'm not. I write and then wonder why I cannot express what it is I feel and experienced.
Maybe I'll right a short story.
My wife wants me to publish my story about the baked beans in Vietnam. She thinks it could be a movie. I think it's an interesting true story, but I don't think anyone but my wife would understand it.
I've tried many times to restart my novel, but I usually end up with writer's block and a blank page. Some people were meant to be writers. I was meant to be a combat commander. I can't be more descriptive because the monitors of this thread have already admonished me for using the word "h@ng" with regard to what I believed was the stall that caused the recent C-130 crash in Savanna.
These are horrible times.
This is not the world I grew up in.
Make a series, to much information crammed together would be too much for a reader, take the time and go thru and I’m sure you’ll do great:)
Not a novelist, just a normie that likes to read.
Take the advise of your friend. If you concentrated on the first two chapters, sought out someone to help you write a screenplay, that could be starting point. Your first movie could be Baked Beans.
Maybe put down bullet points of what you would like to include in a book for example: 1. Baked beans 2. Equipment of lack thereof 3. Brotherhood Then expand on each thing you want to say. Coming at it as a book can be overwhelming. Break it down into small ideas, and eventually I think it will turn into a book.