Watching her daughter lying in a hospital bed

Bassim said:

Tarheel,

You have editing in your blood. I noticed that the very first time you corrected my sentences. I read a few books before written by editors, and they recommend cutting out redundant words the way you did when you corrected my texts.

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Bassim said:

I couldn't read or write English in the last few days because I had to move again to another flat. It cost me so much energy and time and I felt exhausted, as if I had run two marathons. My previous flat turned into a torture chamber because my neighbour used to wake me up in the middle of the night, and I would lie awake for hours, unable to sleep. That was my worst time in Sweden since I came here more than 24 years ago. But now I finally have a quiet flat, and I hope I can continue to progress and write something good. I have many stories and books inside me, but I am not satisfied with the level of my English. Professional writing demands a certain quality, which I still lack. A good story will not help me to get the attention of a publisher if my language is filled with mistakes and the wrong choice of words.

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Bassim said:

I will never give up. Even if someone tells me that my writing is worthless, I am still going to read and write, because I know that I can write. My writing is full [STRIKE]with[/STRIKE] of emotions and I am going to write about things that [STRIKE]concerns[/STRIKE] concern every human being. The well-known writers I read nowadays leave me completely unaffected. [STRIKE]The[/STRIKE] Real writing hits you like a stone, and you ask yourself "How didn't I [STRIKE]didn't[/STRIKE] see these things happening in society myself? How could I have lived [STRIKE]all[/STRIKE] my life [STRIKE]and[/STRIKE] not understanding what is happening around me?" And when you have finished the book, you can't forget it because it touched you in such a way that you want to know more. I have experienced the war in Bosnia, [STRIKE]the[/STRIKE] a prison camp, and 24 years in Sweden, which were [STRIKE]my[/STRIKE] the worst years [STRIKE]in[/STRIKE] of my life, but that [STRIKE]had[/STRIKE] has only made me stronger. I have been insulted in the street hundreds of times by Swedish men, but I did not let myself be provoked. I told myself, "If you were real men, you would not insult me." I have novels which have to be written and published because the truth must come out. [STRIKE]The[/STRIKE] Real literature is not about [STRIKE]the[/STRIKE] beautiful language and complicated plots, but the truth.

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