03-05-2015, 06:41 AM
As a writer I try to give credit where it is due, even when it is just an allusion---just due to my inane need to feel like I'm not going to be accused of plagiarism and I do use footnotes when I fear that I'll be misunderstood, but that has little to do with the reader.
As a reader, I don't need you to over complicate my experience with footnotes. If I don't understand something, I google. If I'm interested enough to read a poem, I won't mind the 5 seconds it will take me to educate myself, and I'll be the better for it.
This is why I alone am exclusively allowed to be a hypocrite on this site.
As a reader, I don't need you to over complicate my experience with footnotes. If I don't understand something, I google. If I'm interested enough to read a poem, I won't mind the 5 seconds it will take me to educate myself, and I'll be the better for it.
This is why I alone am exclusively allowed to be a hypocrite on this site.