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Q&A Using footnotes in fiction: children's book which can be enjoyed by adults

I would like to write a children's story which is appealing to both children and adults. However, the world in which the story takes place requires the use of higher vocabulary and slang (it is a r...

4 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by writersam‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T13:13:13Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/48874
License name: CC BY-SA 4.0
License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
#2: Initial revision by user avatar writersam‭ · 2019-12-08T13:13:13Z (almost 5 years ago)
I would like to write a children's story which is appealing to both children and adults. However, the world in which the story takes place requires the use of higher vocabulary and slang (it is a real world, for example, the petroleum industry). Most adults know the words, but children don't. Can I use footnotes to define or describe the word so that children can follow along as well?

Thanks.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2019-11-08T09:21:13Z (almost 5 years ago)
Original score: 7