20. Tell us the meta about your writing that you really want to ramble to people about (symbolism you’ve included, character or relationship development that you love, hidden references, callbacks or clues for future scenes?)

When I wrote FK4, each episode had a title page with a link to the zipped story file. However, there was a second link: to a page of notes. This might include canon information related to the plot or characters, background information on the historical period in the flashback, my inspiration for the plot/flashback/characterization, and some chat about my writing the episode.

I don't do that now. It's not part of the culture on LJ, DW, or AO3; so, unless someone actually asks about it, no one gets to know. On the whole, I think that's a pity.

Here's an idea: if you read this and want to ask a question about a specific story of mine, ask away!

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