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17.15: Storytelling in the Footnotes

Writing Excuses

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Footnotes in Audio Book Narrative

In a lot of ways, this s telling stories in the footnotes is a very specific version of the story within a story that we already talked about. Some readers won't read them, y yo. And so when you're structuring it, i think that you have to think about whether or not the story will sur ive without the footnote. It can function as an side which is the way actors would handle it on stage and say something directly to the audience.

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