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Writing Reference: What's on your bookshelf?
Matrix Refugee (formerly Morraeon):
"Worlds of Wonder: a guide to writing science fiction and fantasy" by David Gerrold, who wrote the scripts for several classic Star Trek episodes, including "The Trouble with Tribbles". It's an awesome read, very conversational yet packed with know-how.
"On Writing" by Stephan King. Another very down-to-earth book with a lot of well-presented information on how to strengthen your technique.
Several thesauruses. I like how Roget's is set up into philosophical categories, but it makes searching a bit of a challenge. Webster's is nicely organized, but not as full of verbal food for thought as Roget's, so I try to use them in tandem.
Strunk and White's "Elements of Style". Full stop. Doesn't get much better for a lot of good tips on writing, in a compact volume.
RangerSG:
--- Quote from: Morraeon on July 20, 2009, 10:24:31 PM ---"On Writing" by Stephan King. Another very down-to-earth book with a lot of well-presented information on how to strengthen your technique.
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Yep, I have this one too. I forgot about it in my first list because I filed it under my "King" books and not my "writing" books on the shelves. Great book.
I also keep a translation page and a visual thesaurus up on my Google page, which is always up when I write. The visual thesaurus is a neat tool.
MattScudder:
--- Quote from: Starbeam on July 17, 2009, 02:58:32 PM ---There was a link posted somewhere or other on here about a how to kinda thing, I think Reader's Digest, that JB mentioned during a Q&A or somethink, that I want to get.
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Love to know what this one is if you ever find it. Thanks!
Starbeam:
--- Quote from: MattScudder on July 21, 2009, 10:45:33 AM ---Love to know what this one is if you ever find it. Thanks!
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It's the Writer's Digest Howdunit series. I found three, I think, on amazon. Poisons, Forensics, and I forget the other. If you do a forum search for howdunit, it should bring up the post with a link to the Poisons one.
MattScudder:
--- Quote from: Starbeam on July 21, 2009, 11:33:19 AM ---It's the Writer's Digest Howdunit series. I found three, I think, on amazon. Poisons, Forensics, and I forget the other. If you do a forum search for howdunit, it should bring up the post with a link to the Poisons one.
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Awesome! Thanks.
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