I've never actually done anything like that in my fics. Whenever I write (which, granted, isn't very often), I include only the stuff that I intend--barring the necessary beta corrections--to have in the story the whole time.
"You take turns, advise and protect one another, even heal or be healed when the going gets too tough. I know! That's not a game--that's friendship!" ~Shelly Mezzanoble,
Confessions of a Part-Time Sorceress: A Girl's Guide to the Dungeons & Dragons Game Darcy\'s Place
