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Finished book but gammar used is bad
I am 62 years old and could not read or write to any extent until I was almost 18, I have completed a book about my very interesting life..but the grammar is terrible how would I find anyone to re write the book?
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What you've said here about yours definitely hooks my attention.
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There is a long list of incidents even coming up to last month.
Do ask lots of questions before you sign anything.
Of course people revisit us, not 'certain people' but all people. I work with an earl and a duke from the 15th century, a Mayan priest-king, a cardinal, former kings, two rock stars, a medium friend from this lifetime and a lot of others. My days are full of spiritual and material work and the books I write are dictated by whoever wants to tell me their story.
I think I'd have to agree with the idea that charm and voice can be lost by completely perfect grammar. If there were some memo, or forward in the book which breifly explained the grammar, then it would be acceptable to me (BUT, you'd still need it 'read' by someone else, just to ensure that it was still understandable, or the errors were consistent!)
Some poems by Robert Burns, copied out into perfect english grammar, just don't have the same rhyme or resonance.
I'd say keep the grammar as it is (mostly!)
Good luck with it & dinna give up laddie!