Shunsuke's

Concise Guide to Better Fanfic Writing

Version 1.3

Appendix 2:

Recommended Books and Resources

     "Appendix - remove if rumbling"
                    - Eric Nicol
Here is a short list of resources, on printed and electronic media, that I highly recommend. Where known, the publisher's name is listed.

Dictionaries:

  • Funk & Wagnalls Standard Dictionary (Signet)
  • Webster's Dictionary
  • Oxford Standard Dictionary
  • Collins' English Dictionary

Thesaurus:

  • Roget's Thesaurus (Pocket)
  • The New Roget's Thesaurus (Pocket)

Encyclopaedias:

  • Encyclopaedia Brittanica
  • Compton's Internactive Encyclopaedia CD ROM
  • Microsoft Encarta CD ROM
  • The New American Desk Encyclopaedia

Language and Writing:

  • The Elements of Style, (MacMillan)
  • Write Right! (Self Council Press)
  • The Canadian Writer's Handbook (Prentice-Hall)
  • Administratively - Write! (Prentice-Hall)

Japanese Language and Culture Books:

  • Vest Pocket Japanese (Owl Books)
  • Barron's Japanese Language Series (Barron)
    • Japanese Grammar
    • Japanese Vocabulary
    • Japanese Verbs
    • Japanese Idioms
  • Living Language Japanese-English Dictionary (Crown)
  • Sanseido's New Concise Dictionary (Sanseido)
  • Berlitz Japanese Phrase Book and Dictionary (Berlitz)
  • A Guide To Reading And Writing Japanese (Charles E. Tuttle)
  • Beginner's Japanese (Teach Yourself Books)
  • Instant Japanese (Yenbooks)
  • Language Learning Japanese (Laser Publishing) CD ROM
  • Language/30: Japanese
  • Fodor's Japan (Fodor)

Reading Material:

  • The Project Gutenberg Site (http://www.gutenberg.net/)
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Click below to select a section of the guide:

The Front Page Of The Guide
Preface: An Introduction To The Guide
Table Of Contents
1: The Tools Of The Trade
2: The Right Words
3: A Brief Japanese Glossary
4: Storyteller or Reporter?
Appendix 1: Quick and Dirty Fanfic Writing Advice
Appendix 2: Recommended Books and Resources
Appendix 3: The Writer's Ten Commandments
In Closing

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