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Victoria's avatar

I love this! For this year to improve my writing I'll be journaling and writing in my planner. Hopefully once I build that habit and improve, I can move on to writing stories. Can't wait to read what t you write and see how your plans pan out!

Shamar Loi's avatar

Merci Victoria. I love that you want to join in. I will naturally keep everyone informed.

The Reading Symphony's avatar

What a beautiful plan! Hopefully the book will quickly be translated to English for my woefully monolingual self!

Shamar Loi's avatar

Oh yes, it could be translated in English. But I don't know if it will be a good read... but I will try my test. Merci beaucoup!

Dr Matteo Preabianca's avatar

If you stick to your 2026 plan, I will translate your novel in Mandarin and Italian. In 2027 or 2028:)

Shamar Loi's avatar

Now that you've gone ahead and said it, you cant take it back...now I really need to make it good. haha

Rayda🎐ライダ's avatar

This is a fantastic idea. Thank you for sharing. I have done something close with Japanese and even post it here on substack. Not as long or serious as an actual novel.

Katie's avatar

This sounds amazing!

Talita Souza's avatar

Amazing idea! I hope you share the process and progress with us. It’ll be great!

Shamar Loi's avatar

Obrigado! and definitely. It's all an experiment for me so you will see my notes at the end of each chapter. thanks for asking, I actually forgot to outline that. :)

Christina's avatar

Wow! What a cool and ambitious project, Shamar. Are you going to share it as you write? I'd love to follow along your journey. Bonne chance!

Shamar Loi's avatar

Yes, I will share an edited version at the end of each month (I'm sure you don't want to see my bad handwriting lol) as well as some notes because I love to document my process and observations.

Chris Smith's avatar

Cool idea! Looking forward to reading it. (I read French at B1, mostly graphic novels). I’m also writing a novel in Dutch at A2-B1. I’m really into bespoke, level-appropriate content for language learners.

Chris Smith's avatar

Hello community! Please ping me by direct message if you would like a link to preview my A1-B2 Dutch learners novel. It is an audiobook with transcript and English translation.

Shamar Loi's avatar

Excellent news. Well don't hesitate to share this with our community. :)

neena maiya's avatar

Read, read and read more books. It helps with the writing.

Shamar Loi's avatar

Dat a di plan. Thanks my writing consultant. :)

Curlyrise's avatar

That's an amazing and very concrete project! I cannot wait to see how it evolves during the year and what are the biggest challenges and wins. And of course, I'll be glad to help ;-). I would suggest though that you also post your texts on www.journaly.com, which is a great website to get feedbacks on texts/writing. The correction function there is great and really helps to see what was wrong and to ask back questions if necessary. I'm sure you will get helpful feedback there too!

Shamar Loi's avatar

I can`t wait to report the results! Thank you. I will check out Journaly. I want all the feedback I can get!

🇮🇹 Katarzyna Ciszewska's avatar

What an amazing, ambitious, refreshing idea!! I love it! Keeping my fingers crossed for you! And let's see if I can follow with my high-school French and my Italian :))

Shamar Loi's avatar

Its gonna be tough but I am sure that you will be able to keep up. Merci! :)

Aline S.'s avatar

Love the idea of writing a novel to further your language skills, Shamar! Bonne chance et attention aux gros mots XD

Shamar Loi's avatar

Mdr. Merci et Oui oui, je ferai attention avec cet ado vif. :)