12-13-2009, 10:04 AM | #16 |
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That's a bit too "subtle" for me, Jon. I like to see a "positive" indication of a scene break. Blank lines don't really work with the present crop of ADE devices, because they all do widow/orphan control, and will leave a blank line at the bottom of a page rather than display a single line of a paragraph there.
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12-13-2009, 04:56 PM | #18 |
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When it comes to scene changes, I prefer to do one of the following:
- Insert a centered marker like "* * *" or "- - -" with a blank line above and below it. - Insert a flush-left scene header like "Meanwhile at City Hall..." in a san-serif typeface with a blank line above and below it. The main reason I don't use blank lines to indicate scene changes is that in the ebooks I format myself, I separate the paragraphs with blank lines. When formatted like this, blank lines don't provide any visual indication of a scene change. If I formatted my paragraphs by indenting the first line of each paragraph without blank lines, I would still including the markers/scene headings as above to ensure clarity. |
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body { widows: 0; orphans: 0 } That works to remove windows and orphans. Then I don't have any issues with blank lines as scene separators. |
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