shadowmaat:

salt-of-the-ao3:

writingquestionsanswered:

weebleroxanne:

“Nope,” I whisper as I exit out of a fic with no paragraph breaks.

No excuses, folks! Change paragraphs when:

- the “camera” moves
- a new character shows up
- someone speaks
- someone else speaks
- a new idea, subject, or topic is introduced
- time passes or reverts to an earlier point
- the setting changes
- the mood shifts
- you want to create dramatic effect

this is so so so more reader friendly, people, heed it!

Please, for the love of fluffy puppies, put in a paragraph break between someone talking and someone else doing something. NOTHING slows me down faster than not being able to tell who’s talking.

All the other stuff is important, too, but FFS please stop mixing people up.