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A. Episode and Character Information for Writers
B. General Writing Resouces
C. Interactive Fanstuff
D. Beta Resources from Other Fandoms
page 2. Heroes, Heroines, and Villians
page 3. Writing Tips and Articles Around the Web

Episode and Character Information for Writers


Gatchaman, BotP, & G-Force
- Extensive site with ep synopsis and downloads.

Veronika's Gatchaman Page
- Ep summaries with pictures

Jen Nolan's Gatchaman Page
- Character and ep summaries. (broken link, holding)

The Home of the White Shadow
- In depth character profiles, and ep synopsis'.

Julieann's Battle of the Planets Page
- Extensive pages on the BotP world.

Naa-Dei Nikoi's G-Force Page
- A good bit of info on G-Force, Guardians of Space.

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General Writing Tools

Tips on Writing Military Science Fiction
- Includes articles on The Psychology of Killing, Combat Operations, and Battlefield Karate. Super site.

Cliche Finder
- Neat site, just type any word to see a matching cliche.

Mary Sue Litmus Test for Gatchaman
- Test your original creations and see if they match Mary Sue.

Guide to Grammar and Writing
- Just what it says.

Multi language Dictionary
- Includes Japanese, Italian, and almost all languages on the planet Earth. Sorry, no Spectran.

Quote Search
- Great source of quotes

Folklore Myth and Legend

Minotaur's Slash Tips for Writers
- Warning, graphic language and photos. Tips on writing male to male sex.

How Stuff Works
- An archive of answers to the question 'how does that work?'.

Instant Muse Utilities
- A site with a random sentence generator to help kick start story ideas.

Astrobiology
- Examining the building blocks of life, life on other planets, and the discovery of things in the universe. Lots of ffic ideas are possible.

Let's Talk About Smut, Baby
- An excellent source of erotica and sex tips for all writers; based off X-Files fanfiction.
Good examples of what and what not to write.



Interactive

Ang's Gatchaman Links
- Every Gatch, BotP, ER, and G-Force series related link you can think of.

BotP Mailing List
- At Yahoo!Groups.com, look under BotP. Over 500 members and counting ~

Neptune Center
- At Yahoo!Groups.com. Where nothing can go worng.

Gatchaman Club on Yahoo
- Search for Gatchaman

Team Gatchaman SETI Home
- Help explore for life in the universe from your computer.


Radio Stations on MP3.com

Gatch Radio - Song sightings and general mood music. (closed)
Gatch Next (closed) - More of the same.
Gatch No Words (closed) - Mood music; classical, techno, ambient

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There's been a number of requests for beta readers and writing tips for a variety of fandoms. The following fan sites offer some kind of help writing fan fiction, whether it be beta readers or writing tips, or both. All links open in a new window.

Working Stiffs
X-Files site with writing tips, author interviews, characterizations, and essays.
http://www.geocities.com/workingstiffsfanfic/first.html

Pollyanna's pragmatic guide to writing fanfic
Humourous and informative read on writing fanfic, and getting feedback. [hint: Beg!]
http://www.tifling.demon.co.uk/x/pragmat.htm

The Blue Quill
Xena guide to characterization, beta readers, writing tips.
http://www.gabwhacker.com/xwp/bluequill/index.html

The Force.Net
Star Wars site with large archive of writing tips, characterization, beta readers, and interactive boards.
http://fanfic.theforce.net/

Beta Readers Circle
X-Files small site with some nice essays.
http://brc.8m.com/

DOOL
Days of Our Lives has some good writing tips.
http://daysfanfiction.com/fanfic/writing.html

Buffy Writer's Guild
http://btvswritersguild.dymphna.net/index.shtml

Writers University
Many essays to writing fanfiction and other genres, beta readers for several fandoms. Rarely updated, uses archives.
http://writersu.s5.com/english/beta.html

Fanfiction.net
Best known for it's massive fanfic archives, check out the Columns sections for helpful writing tips.
http://www.fanfiction.net

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