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Originally Posted by Kasper Hviid
Good question! Why not write in a language where I at least have mastery of the basic grammar?
For one thing, Denmark is very small. The country has been thought of as the capital of Sweden. I somehow finds it discouraging to write in a language nobody speaks.
But more importantly, I feel more comfy writing in English, despite my obvious handicaps. It gives some kind of distance. And all my favorite authors (stop it Hercules) are writing in (seriously, cut it out) English, and it bugs me when I have to make do with a Danish translation. Jørn Riel is great, but other than that, I don't really have any Danish faves. What I love about litterature is tied to the English language.
I'm not completely ruling Danish out, though.
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Kasper,
One solution, which you may at least wish to consider, would be to employ a copy editor to correct your errors. This is something I would (and do
) recommend to all authors, but it's even more beneficial if you're not writing in your native language. I really admire you for even attempting to do this, let me add. I know the basics of several languages, but none (other than English) well enough to even consider writing a book in.