Novel language

I haven't actually decided yet. I think it will depend on which of my two ideas I end up using. I'm totally comfortable writing in english and used to it too, and I find that the story flows better when I write it in english. Last year I thought it would be quicker and easier to write in the native tongue by I was so unused to writing fiction in danish that I started suspecting that it didn't make a difference at all.

And there was a short story from 2005 that I just finished translating to english a few weeks ago. Translation is difficult!

I think writing in english would be the most practical language for me to use since 95% of the people I would want to show it to if it turns out to be any good aren't speaking danish.

I'm writing in English:
- English is my natural second language (my mother is English)
- When I started writing fiction I did fanfic (X-files), and for online archiving and/or feedback it had to be in English. These days I write my own stuff, but I've never made the switch to Danish.

Most of the books I read are in English as well; I mainly read science fiction and fantasy, and most of my favourite authors write in English, and I prefer to read any book in its original language (provided it's one I can read; I'd be stuck if it was, say, Japanese). When I'm making up stories I usually think in English as well, so I figure I might as well write in it too.

Plus, it's easier to make the 50K word count - for instance you say 'the car' instead of 'bilen' or 'walking stick' instead of 'spadserestok' - 2 words instead of 1! And it ain't even cheating... ;-)

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Ha! Apart from the fandom and the english mother, you sound like you could have been me! :D

Last year I upped my word count by calling one of my main characters Anne Lise instead of Anne-Lise, when I discovered the wordcounter here counted the latter as one word. At the end of november I discovered I had just enough words that it didn't matter so I changed it back because I liked the hyphenated version better and clocked in at something along the lines of 50030 words or so. :p

Well,
I will be writing in English as most Danes would and should turn their noses up at what I could produce in my first language Danish...lol. I remember my 9 grade teacher throwing her hands up in the air proclaiming " Faar du aldrig laert at bruge kommaer or punktum.... here er en raekke af dem du glemte...fyld dem saa lige ind og giv mig stilen igen!" Well I did and as a smart ass I added a few extras on the bottom of my next paper commenting "here are a few extras, just in the case I forgot some, You can fill them in as needed" She was not impressed!
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Well, for once I'll be writing in Danish. Can it really be true that I (and my writing buddy) are the only ones?

Normally I'd write in English, being very used to it (father is English) and for some reason I often find it easier and flowing.

But as a challenge and somewhat needed, it will be Danish. Mjeh.

I assume people will write in their mother tongue. I am therefore writing in English. I am toying with tackling a small novel in a few years in French, my second language, and then perhaps Danish, in which I am now intermediate.

I can read Danish at this point but I would not hazard wrecking the language by trying to write a novel(la) in Danish.

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Half the books I read are in English but I'll be writing in Danish this year.
Maybe next year I'll consider writing in English.... But this year I feel enough pressure as it is just to write 50.000 words so adding the extra pressure by doing it in English is not really necessary!

Trine aka Curacao

Trine aka Curacao

I think you are quite sensible not to put on that extra pressure of writing in English.I know that for me, when I am writing I want to be able to just write, not need to stop and think about whether I am writiing it in correct grammar etc for a secondary language.

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Lover of good wine, chocolate truffles and NaNoWriMo

Nope, I will too - and my writing buddies as well. I'm surprised at the number of 'more-or-less-native' english speaking participants affiliated with the danish region :)

If I could, I would write mine in english.

even as a native speaker of english I make mistakes and danishisms creep in.

in NANORIMO grammar, spelling and typos are totally unimportant whatever language you use - flow and finishing come first

edit in December

Hope to be back in DK for Yule

regards

Hugh W

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First I have to say I haven't fully decided to even be participating this year. I know I posted some months back saying I definitely would, but... Suddenly work is really filling up my entire world, plus I have a hundred different volunteer projects running. I am pretty sure I would not make it if I did start. Not unless I cheated, say began earlier, but then, if I could not keep the starting date, would I keep to the finishing date?

Anyway, if I will be participating I will be writing in Danish. Not that I have any problem writing in English. I write stuff in English every day, and read English books. But Danish is my mother tongue, so I believe I am bound to know more words in Danish, which would make my style more full. It could be fun to write in English. Actually I often think in English, especially when I make up stories. But I just think that I would never be able to do is as well as someone whose first language is English...

2006: Det Koldeste Hjerte / The Coldest heart (Fantasy) - 51000 words!
2007: Beginning and the End (Mainstream Fiction)

I wrote in Danish last year, and I am quite sure that I will do so again this year... That way, I can write without having to tumble with grammar and such..

Even though I'm 100% Danish, I will be writing in English. First, because the words seem to just come to me when in English, whereas the Danish words usually have to be thought about constantly, and second, because most of my friends I'd want to show it to are English or have another native language than Danish or English.

Love,
Pace

ikke sikker endnu, men regner med det bliver dansk i år...

"Ordinary Is Boring, Let's Be Original" by T_ffe

Dnask...

English. My written English is much better than my Danish. (eventhough I was born and raised in Denmark)

English. No doubt about it. If I do get around to writing (which is entirely unlikely) I'll be writing science fiction and sci fi in Danish just doesn't work. Besides, my written English (after many years of playing online roleplaying games) is much better than my written Danish. These days I struggle to even compose a decent email in Danish. Shame on me. But such is life in the modern Internet world.

Jeg skriver på dansk. Det er første gang, jeg deltager. Håber, I kan hjælpe mig lidt. Hvordan tilmelder jeg mig min bestemte region, Danmark ?
Skriver jeg på word, for derefter at flytte de skrevne sider til nanowrimo ? Hvordan gør I ?

Du går ind på 'Edit Profile' linket som er øverst på siden. Til ventre, under 'My NaNoWriMo', er der et link med 'My Regions'. Når du klikker der, får du en side med regioner, du er tilmeldt med overskriften 'My Regions'. Lige ved siden af den overskrift er en tab med 'Regions'. Her går du ind og vælger dem, du vil tilmelde dig under 'affiliate' :) Her er både Europe: Denmark og Europe: Scandinavia (som et overordnet skandinavisk forum). Under tab'en 'Home Region' kan du sætte Europe: Denmark som din hjemme-region, hvis du vil.

Personligt skriver jeg i Word. De andre år har man enten kunne taste ens antal af ord ind selv (nyttigt hvis man skriver noget i hånden) eller uploade det på siden, der så tæller ordene for dig (det... tror jeg da i hvert fald. Jeg har aldrig selv brugt den mulighed. Jeg plejer at tjekke mit antal af ord i Word og bare runde ned til nærmeste hele 100 ord når jeg taster antallet ind). Omkring d. 25. november bliver det muligt at uploade hvad du har skrevet for at validere dit antal af ord. Programmet 'læser' ikke hvad du har skrevet, så hvis du har skrevet i hånden, kan du bare kopiere det givne antal ord fra noget andet eller fra resten af din historie for at få det rigtige antal. Når NaNo starter, er det også muligt at lægge noget af din roman på din profil hvis du vil, så andre kan se hvad du skriver :) Held og lykke med skriveriet.

Edit: Og for at give det lidt relevans til resten af tråden, så bliver min NaNo på engelsk da min writing buddy er amerikaner.

Alle gode gange tre... Jeg har skrevet engelsk de 2 første år jeg deltog. Jeg er pære-dansk (bortset fra min tip-tip olde stammer fra kartoffeltyskerne). Af en eller anden grund har jeg det lettere med engelsk(så vidt jeg ved, har jo aldrig prøvet at skrive så meget på dansk) Derudover planlægger jeg også, at dele noget af min historie i et internationalt forum, så engelsk vil være mest passende der.
Jeg havde ellers overvejet, om jeg for en gangs skyld skulle skrive på dansk, men tror, at jeg endeligt har bsluttet mig til, at det skal være på engelsk.

2005: "Thoughts" @48700 words
2006: "The House" @50300 words
2007: Untitled. Just let's see how it goes

Jeg skriver helt klart på dansk.

ikke fordi jeg er dårlig til engelsk. Slet ikke af min alder i hvert fald! (14 år)

JEg skriver altid på dansk. Når jeg har fået læst noget mere engelsk littearatur kan jeg begynde at skrive på engelsk...

xoxo Laura

Jeg skriver in Danish, but if something is easier to write på engelsk, I will. Jeg har jo 11 måneder at redigere i!

I'll be writing in English. Basically I read very little fiction in my first language - Norwegian - and definitely feel more comfortable writing stories in English. My written Danish is extremely formal, and not really suited for fiction, either.

Falkruse,
There must be something about that fact. My written Danish is terrible too. Maybe because I was never motivated by the pedagogery in the socialistic school system???

Good Luck!

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Jeg skriver på dansk. Det gjorde jeg også sidste år. Selvom jeg er god til engelsk, er mit dansk meget mere varieret og sofistikeret end mit engelsk.

~2006 - Bus Number 19: 51.605 words ~
~2007 - Bloodbrothers: ? ~

The vast majority of the books I have ever read (voluntarily) have been in English. Add to this the fact that my writing buddies are foreign and would like to be able to read what I'm writing, and my choice is pretty clear - it's English for me this year.

Har det på præcis samme måde:) Og desuden syns jeg at det danske sprog har nogle herre fede ord. hvis man sammenligner en engelsk bog og dens oversættelse syntes jeg tit der er federe synonymer for forskellige ord i de danske. f.eks. hurtigt:fodrapt:)

let the words flow!

Skriver helt oplagt på dansk, som er mit modersmål. Mit største problem er, at jeg bruger NoRo som sformeksperiment, hvilket involverer en pænt stor sjat sammensatte ord. Og eftersom man samskriver på dansk og særskriver på engelsk, betyder det, at jeg er nødt til at tampe flere sider ind for at opnå ordtællingsmålet. Bøv-øv.

I can´t navigate the sodding site! Where do I telle the NoNoWriMo Forum that I´ve reached 3418 words on the second day of writing?!

Then that only makes sense!I am strongest in oral Danish, then in reading, then in comprehension (of oral) , then in writing. My writing is so basic I would not be able to say what I want to say at more than a children's book level.
Happy writing!

ML for Denmark
Lover of good wine, chocolate truffles and NaNoWriMo

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Lover of good wine, chocolate truffles and NaNoWriMo

Lots of changes happening in Denmark that have caused it to be so. Denmark, wanting to be more significant on the global scene, Copenhagen wanting to be an international European city, and Danish companies like Mærsk, Novo Nordisk etc using or beginning to use Engish as the working language. I teach Business English on contract for some of these companies part-time and they are making requirements that people have at least a certified B1 level of English. Also, there are lots of students coming to Denmark from around the world as Danish universities seek more money from foreign students in their efforts to be international.

But it only makes sense, to me, to write in your native language so I really had figured that those for whom Danish is a mother tongue, would write in Danish and for those who are residents of Denmark but have a different mother tongue would write in whatever that is. Me, personally, I am pretty good at reading the Danish posts here so I can respond, but it is easier for me to respond in English for the purposes of answering in a timely manner. The site was so slow this last week so it made answering tough in any language!

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ML for Denmark
Lover of good wine, chocolate truffles and NaNoWriMo

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ML for Denmark
Lover of good wine, chocolate truffles and NaNoWriMo