[DRAFT]Novel Writers Appreciation Month

[Tzorsland]

Note this is the premliminary draft. I'm definitely looking for other ideas to incorporate into this resolution.

Novel Writer’s Appreciation Month
Category: Education and Creativity
Strength: Artistic

Description:

The World Assembly;

RECOGNIZING the importance of stories that “are not necessarily true” as a medium to express even greater truths, especially in the literary art form known as the novel;

APPRECIATING the efforts of such writers whose novels create whole “virtual worlds” that can be extended to other arts and entertainment media that spans nations themselves;

UNDERSTANDING that the art of novel writing is not something confined to the elite or to the highly educated, but is within the reach of every person;

The World Assembly therefore;

ESTABLISHES the month of November as Novel Writer’s Appreciation Month;

CREATES the Novel Writer’s Appreciation Month Committee (NWAMC) for the promotion and encouragement of novel writers and novel writing;

EMPOWERS the NWAMC to promote in all member states the appreciation of their nation’s novel writers and to establish institutions where those writers can teach others about the art of novel writing free of charge;

ENCOURAGES everyone to write novels in honor of Novel Writer’s Appreciation Month;

The World Assembly;

RECOGNIZING the importance of stories that “are not necessarily true” as a medium to express even greater truths, especially in the literary art form known as the novel;

APPRECIATING the efforts of such writers whose novels create whole “virtual worlds” that can be extended to other arts and entertainment media that spans nations themselves;

UNDERSTANDING that the art of novel writing is not something confined to the elite or to the highly educated, but is within the reach of every person;

The World Assembly therefore;

ESTABLISHES the month of November as Novel Writer’s Appreciation Month;

CREATES the Novel Writer’s Appreciation Month Committee (NWAMC) for the promotion and encouragement of novel writers and novel writing;

EMPOWERS the NWAMC to promote in all member states the appreciation of their nation’s novel writers and to encourage those writers to teach others about the profession of novel writing through various venues;

ENCOURAGES everyone to write novels in honor of Novel Writer’s Appreciation Month;

Extra credit if you can guess where the first clause of the line is inspired from.

[Charlotte Ryberg]

A Novel Writer’s Appreciation Month is likely to be illegal for metagaming. Promoting literacy, on the other hand, is okay.

Ms. Harper believes the first clause was inspired by Fiction, by the way.

[Quadrimmina]

I believe it's a quote from an Oscar Wilde book.

And yeah, you can't make a month of something. :\

[Linux and the X]

I don't see why it would be metagaming. It doesn't mention anything from RL (well, it does, but IC we don't know that), which I believe is why previous holidays have been struck down. Therefore, unless the mods decide to be blue boring-ers (or red boring-ers), I'm going to support an IC NaNoWriMo-- I mean, NoWriApMo.

[Nullarni]

Would this be MetaGaming? I am not entirely sure on that... Hmmm... Well, this creates another useless committee. I would say it may be struck down for not really doing anything. I mean, it creates "Novel Writers Appreciation Month", but thats not really enough for a full blown resolution right? Still, if it passes the "Mod test" I might support it... if you drop that damn committee.

[Freeoplis]

We cannot support such a proposal, we feel it is yet more spending of World Assembly funds with little return or necessity.

[Grays Harbor]

We cannot support such a proposal, we feel it is yet more spending of World Assembly funds with little return or necessity.

We agree with our colleague from Freeopolis. More spending on an AUC which is not necessary.

[Tzorsland]

A Novel Writer’s Appreciation Month is likely to be illegal for metagaming. Promoting literacy, on the other hand, is okay.

OK, I'll bite here. How can honoring a specific type of person be considered "metagaming." I don't see any optionality here and the committee is promoting the act of writing; technically speaking this is the opposite of literacy which is reading. I can probably come up with a lot of ways this resolution (at this point) may be flawed, but I'm not seeing the metagaming angle.

Reading is not writing anymore than listening to music is singing or playing an instrument.

Ms. Harper believes the first clause was inspired by Fiction, by the way.

A novel perhaps? A children's book, by the way, that was made into an opera ("whose novels create whole 'virtual worlds' that can be extended to other arts"), Haroun and the Sea of Stories by Salman Rushdie. The exact quote from the character Mr. Sengupta, is "What's the use of stories that aren't even true?"

[Charlotte Ryberg]

How such a month is organized confuses me currently, because the programme is quite loosely defined, making this liable to misinterpretation, and possibly imply metagaming.

Also, I think that such a month may not be the only best way forward: I was thinking more of promoting literature in general, as a whole, which would be a broader topic, and it doesn't have to involve a festival. I'm not sure if establishing a festival month has been a new idea, but if you think it's the best way it should be an addition to a proposal and not forced upon member states but advised upon. As for the festival itself, I don't think encouraging people to write just novels may be the only best idea. What about the awareness of it?

I would recommend spreading the scope of this draft to general literature in whatever language, and not restricted to just a month of festivals. After all, illustration is also very worthy of consideration (OOC: having adored E.H. Shepard's Winnie the Pooh illustrations, rather than Disney's cartoonised trash)

Yours etc,

[Enn]

OOC: How could this possibly be considered metagaming? It doesn't, in the text itself, make any references to the game of NS. It doesn't reference the rules, or the forums, or call NS a game, or say anything at all about Max Barry being the creator.
Not metagaming.

[Charlotte Ryberg]

I am not 100% certain that it is illegal, only so if it does mandate that we must arrange activities in the forums: but it's a rather new idea, honoured ambassador, so it needs to be refined carefully. But I'm not sure if we are allowed to mention the month of November...

[Grays Harbor]

I don't believe, if we have any recall left, that months are included in the RL reference ban. If they are, they shouldn't be, unless we are going to require that everybody come up with their own names for the months of the year. But that might get just a bit confusing.

[Ammador]

Note this is the premliminary draft. I'm definitely looking for other ideas to incorporate into this resolution.

Novel Writer’s Appreciation Month
Category: Education and Creativity
Strength: Artistic

Description:

The World Assembly;

RECOGNIZING the importance of stories that “are not necessarily true” as a medium to express even greater truths, especially in the literary art form known as the novel;

APPRECIATING the efforts of such writers whose novels create whole “virtual worlds” that can be extended to other arts and entertainment media that spans nations themselves;

UNDERSTANDING that the art of novel writing is not something confined to the elite or to the highly educated, but is within the reach of every person;

The World Assembly therefore;

ESTABLISHES the month of November as Novel Writer’s Appreciation Month;

Some off-planet nations and space inhabiting nations might not recognize November as a month.It might be a good idea to define the time of year a little more.

CREATES the Novel Writer’s Appreciation Month Committee (NWAMC) for the promotion and encouragement of novel writers and novel writing;

We don't need a Committee for this. You nation can form its own Committee to celebrate the month

EMPOWERS the NWAMC to promote in all member states the appreciation of their nation’s novel writers and to encourage those writers to teach others about the profession of novel writing through various venues;

ENCOURAGES everyone to write novels in honor of Novel Writer’s Appreciation Month;
Everyone?To write novels? How about: "ENCOURAGES nations to appreciate literature and its contributors and encourage the furtherance of literature amongst their people

Extra credit if you can guess where the first clause of the line is inspired from.

Please see notes.

Respectfully,
Ammador

[LinTenSu]

This is a really good idea. LinTenSu supports your decision.

[Mousebumples]

I'm pretty sure that the specific mention of "November" (or "July" ... or whatever month) is legal, as the mods have stated before that if a nation does not recognize that month name, the WA translators will show them the equivalent time period in their nation.

[The Altani Federation]

This is potentially the most useless waste of WA time and funds since...well...since half of the other stuff that's been passed. But really. Do we need an entire committee just to honor one art form? And why do novels alone deserve such support?

We're all in favor of supporting the arts, but not with WA money which could be better spent for more useful and important tasks. Opposed.

- Yūsuf al-Shishakli, Acting Federation Ambassador to the WA

[Nullarni]

In this proposal's defense, aside from creating a committee, how is this a waste of WA money? If the author were to drop the creation of a committee,(hint, hint,) I don't find anything wrong with this. I mean sure, its strength is minimal and it doesn't really do much, but I... am talking myself talking myself out of supporting this. Huh... Um, carry on.

[Tzorsland]

OOC: How could this possibly be considered metagaming? It doesn't, in the text itself, make any references to the game of NS. It doesn't reference the rules, or the forums, or call NS a game, or say anything at all about Max Barry being the creator.
Not metagaming.

I can spot a number of potential RW violations, but they are all hidden so no one can easily spot them. Ironcially none of them have to do with Max. By the way, "November" is a blatant rip off of "National Novel Writers Month" in November; a contest to write a 50K novel in a month. As is the last line "encourages everyone to write novels."

As for the novel, one needs to answer the fundamental question, "What's the use of stories that aren't even true?" The answer is everything, for the novel allows that which cannot be said to be said; that which cannot be admitted as obvious as obvious. In the RW, a good example of this was "Uncle Tom's Cabin" which practially put the Q.E.D. to the arguments against slavery. If the pen is mightier than the sword, the novel is a nuclear weapon.

[Ammador]

In this proposal's defense, aside from creating a committee, how is this a waste of WA money? If the author were to drop the creation of a committee,(hint, hint,) I don't find anything wrong with this. I mean sure, its strength is minimal and it doesn't really do much, but I... am talking myself talking myself out of supporting this. Huh... Um, carry on.

I really take issue with "ENCOURAGES everyone to write novels". We all know that not EVERYONE could or should write novels. I suggested an alternative above that I think would sound much better.

[Tzorsland]

I really take issue with "ENCOURAGES everyone to write novels". We all know that not EVERYONE could or should write novels. I suggested an alternative above that I think would sound much better.

Bah humbug; EVERYONE should write novels; doesn't mean everyone shoudl publish the novels they write, but they should write at least one in their lifetime, and even better they should write one once a year.

[Linux and the X]

I can spot a number of potential RW violations, but they are all hidden so no one can easily spot them.

We'd like to know what they are, then.

By the way, "November" is a blatant rip off of "National Novel Writers Month" in November; a contest to write a 50K novel in a month. As is the last line "encourages everyone to write novels."

It's an homage that we're all aware of OOC. IC, of course, there is no NaNoWriMo.

[Ammador]

I really take issue with "ENCOURAGES everyone to write novels". We all know that not EVERYONE could or should write novels. I suggested an alternative above that I think would sound much better.

Bah humbug; EVERYONE should write novels; doesn't mean everyone shoudl publish the novels they write, but they should write at least one in their lifetime, and even better they should write one once a year.

I tip my hat to your logic sir! But perhaps for the purposes of the Resolution passing we should be a bit more neutral.

[Bears Armed]

I really take issue with "ENCOURAGES everyone to write novels". We all know that not EVERYONE could or should write novels. I suggested an alternative above that I think would sound much better.

Bah humbug; EVERYONE should write novels; doesn't mean everyone shoudl publish the novels they write, but they should write at least one in their lifetime, and even better they should write one once a year.

"Waste of paper, waste of trees!"


Borrin o Redwood,
Chairbear, Bears Armed Mission at the World Assembly.


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(OOC: Yes, I do realise that one can also 'write' novels on/in computers rather than on paper, but Bears Armed isn't a very computer-oriented nation and so Borrin automatically thinks in terms of the more traditional method...)

[Tzorsland]

By the way, "November" is a blatant rip off of "National Novel Writers Month" in November; a contest to write a 50K novel in a month. As is the last line "encourages everyone to write novels."

It's an homage that we're all aware of OOC. IC, of course, there is no NaNoWriMo.

Naturally; that's why I'm trying to indirectly create it IC.

Now if this does get a head of steam, one other option is for me to play the WA Hokey Pokey, and get my puppet "A Running Man" to propose this. "A Running Man" used to be the mascot of NaNoWriMo until someone pointed out that running around with a pencil as big as you are is not something one should encourage. (or something like that)

[A Running Man]

Hi, I'm Tzorsland's Puppet.