/lit/ - Literature

ESL writers, do you think of your character dialogue initially in English or in your own language? If I develop it in English, the process is considerably slower and sometimes I miss out on more specific expressions and slangs that could add further characterization since I wanna play it safe when it comes to my understanding on their frequency and variation usage in english, but when I develop it in my own language I must go through the hurdle of translating it to english and recalibrating the word choice to give the writing the exact same vibes. I'm parted between these methods.

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I tried getting through this twice and I don't think I ever made it past 20 pages.