"better" is a value judgement you have to make for yourself, but...
... for scene breaks, I prefer to add a style that has an increased top margin. I typically use one named "p.section" or just ".section" that is a dupe of my base "p" style with a top margin set to 1em instead of 0em. I then simply style the first paragraph after a scene break. Placing this in the CSS stylesheet makes is easy to manage and alter if desired. Similarly, I create a style for the first paragraph in a chapter that does the same, though often a 2em top margin, and also sets the text-indent to 0em instead of the 1em I use for the base p style.
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