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17.15: Storytelling in the Footnotes

Writing Excuses

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How to Use Footnotes in a Book

In howard's story, they are the story. In Jonathan strange and mister norrel has wonderful, copious footnotes that that really expand on the sense of this being an actual magic system That is well rooted. And it gives all this additional information that i found deeply enriching my understanding. As they totally skipped them in the audio book, a, whichis tragedy, since for me much of the joy of that novel was the footnotes.

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