I am okay in English. I am 17 and I am studying English since the age of 3. But the problem is that I am willing to write novellas or novels if it went fine. Although my English is good, writing English novels is another thing.
What should I do to not sound a non-English native speaker?
2007-11-22 09:37:20 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
There are books around that help you to write better stories, improve your spelling and your grammar. Some even have exercises you can do to help improve. I would say start with children's school books, but your English seems a bit beyond that (Which is a good thing!!)
I think getting an English thesaurus and dictionary would also be a good idea,plus an idiom dictionary at a later stage to explain all the wierd expressions we use.
2007-11-22 09:47:24 · answer #1 · answered by swelwynemma 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First of all instead of saying "I am studying English since the age of 3," you should say, "I have been studying English since the age of 3."
I suggest once you have written your novel, have a native English speaker look it over to change little details like this one.
2007-11-23 13:45:51 · answer #2 · answered by Barbara E 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Read newspapers and more novels and take note of how they deliver stories. You have to know what your style should be in writing so looking at different kinds of writing styles through more reading.
You can always start with outlining though of your whole story so you would have a good overview of the whole body of your story.
Goodluck with your writing and I hope it would turn out to be really great. It's my frustration but I didn't grow up with English also so. (^_^')
2007-11-22 09:45:05 · answer #3 · answered by Nurse Redj 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-24 22:30:04 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
maybe take some classes specfically for writing. i'm sure they can help you write better. um...you should also be proud of the way you write it expresses who you are as a person, i mean if you wrote like an english person then you would be like everyone else. writing just as who you are i'm sure will make you more unique and special.
2007-11-22 09:47:29 · answer #5 · answered by Ashley H 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Read more, and in English. Allow English writers to influence you. Experiment.
2007-11-22 09:44:56 · answer #6 · answered by steve_geo1 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋