Thread: Putting Dialogue in a story.
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Old 12-11-2011, 04:40 AM   #9
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Originally Posted by crich70 View Post
I believe you're supposed to have 2 lines in between scenes too for the same reason. Otherwise one minute the reader is on board your spaceship for example and the next thing they're learning that they are on a planet without any warning.
If it's for an ebook you should really put some stars or blobs in there instead. Some ebook readers strip out extra blank lines, and you also have no way of knowing where the page breaks will be.
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