
17.15: Storytelling in the Footnotes
Writing Excuses
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The author, the actual author of the book, is pretending to be the editor of the book and so has put in footnotes. I love that conceit, and i've seen it in some other stuff. Nothing comes to mind the idea that what you're reading is actually an annotated book. Am, is there some way to help thee that an author can look at their work and decide which direction they want to go with their footnotes?
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