Hi ,
I am Padma . I have posted some of my stories
here and I received some suggestions that my
stories are fine but they are not like native English writing .
I was working as an Editor so i feel that I know my grammar
is sufficient to write a correct sentence .
what i want to know is what is the difference between
Indian style and Native style ? Actually one story I wrote
giving the character's name is Emily and the location as Chicago
but still people can make out that it is an Indian.
I want to get published, so is there any book which will help me .
pl write
padma
Padma,
Your English is good, but it isn't quite "native." I can't tell if you're making typographical errors (we all do) or if it's second language problems, but there are grammatical errors in your posts. Here's how I would edit the post above:
"My name is Padma. I have posted some of my stories here, and I received feedback that my stories are fine, but they are not written in native English. I have worked as an Editor, so I think that I know how to write grammatically. What I want to know is, what are the differences between Indian style and native style ? I actually wrote a story about a character named Emily, set in Chicago, but people could still see that it had been written by an Indian. I want to get published, so I'm looking for any book that could help me. Please write."
Less formally, that would be:
"Hi, I'm Padma. I've posted some of my stories here and received feedback that my stories are fine but they're not written in native English. I've worked as an Editor, so I feel I know enough grammar to write a correct sentence! What I want to know is, what's the difference in style between Indian writing and native English writing? I wrote a story about a character called Emily and set it in Chicago, but people could still tell it was written by an Indian author. I want to get published. Is there any book out there which would help me? Please write!"
I don't think this will prevent you from getting published, but it will almost certainly prevent you from presenting yourself as anything other than an Indian author. It's like an accent. You *can* get rid of it, but it's a lot of effort once you're older than say 11 or 12.
This doesn't have to stop you - Arundhati Roy used some Indian inflections in her "God of Small Things." If I were you, I'd make a virtue of your own particular voice, and write as an Indian. If you want to write about Emily in Chicago, write from the point of view of, say, Sita, who moved there recently.
The only other route I can think of is to become part of a crit group where some members don't mind doing extensive line edits.
Good luck!