I am a Farsi speaking writer, and I made the wrong decision to write my work of fiction in English. A decision that I now very much regret. Writing in a language that is not your first language is a completely different game. I thought that was what an editor was for — to help correct the many grammar mistakes I make. Changing commas into full stops, adding definite articles where they are needed and removing the ones that are not, fixing awkward phrasing, cutting out unneces