Hello Rewriters! Footnotes, considered the hallmark of academic precision – and possibly pretension and perhaps even pedantry – are a frequent target of derision. Some argue that they’re outdated annoyances of a bygone era and should be abandoned. Plus they’re a pain to format, and reading them? Ugh, right? Noel Coward once noted, “Coming across a footnote is like going downstairs to answer the doorbell while making love.”
Re/Re/Rewrite March 2022: The Footnote Technique
Re/Re/Rewrite March 2022: The Footnote…
Re/Re/Rewrite March 2022: The Footnote Technique
Hello Rewriters! Footnotes, considered the hallmark of academic precision – and possibly pretension and perhaps even pedantry – are a frequent target of derision. Some argue that they’re outdated annoyances of a bygone era and should be abandoned. Plus they’re a pain to format, and reading them? Ugh, right? Noel Coward once noted, “Coming across a footnote is like going downstairs to answer the doorbell while making love.”