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The best appendix is one the reader never needs to use. The same thing applies to footnotes. They're there for people who want the exact reference. They shouldn't have material that you need to ...
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#4: Attribution notice removed
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System
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2019-12-20T00:40:39Z (over 4 years ago)
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#3: Attribution notice added
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System
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2019-12-08T11:04:31Z (over 4 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/a/42786 License name: CC BY-SA 3.0 License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#2: Initial revision
The best appendix is one the reader never needs to use. The same thing applies to footnotes. They're there for people who want the exact reference. They shouldn't have material that you need to understand the story (or even the scientific paper). They're bonus features. But yes, include it. People who want to use this language or just know more do not want to go through the entire book and take notes. They want it all together in one place. A couple hundred vocabulary words and a basic grammar will satisfy most people. Anyone who needs more can go to your website. Anyone who wants to _build_ more can go to the forums on your website. Why not turn this in to something to energize your fan base? Or at least to make a small percentage of them happy. Look at how many people put time and energy into "learning" and expanding Dothraki.
#1: Imported from external source
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System
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2019-03-01T01:43:30Z (about 5 years ago)
Original score: 8