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Originally Posted by Lemurion
It's efficient in terms of transmitting information: it makes it clear that this paragraph does not follow directly on from the preceding paragraph.
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That may be so, yet how is it MORE efficient than asterisks?
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The advantage is that it renders the picture/asterisks unnecessary. Every scene needs a first paragraph, it doesn't need pictures or asterisks to indicate scene breaks. You convey the same information without adding additional design elements (which would be something else that Smashwords/Amazon/Whoever could potentially screw up).
It's the simplest option in terms of using the fewest design elements.
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And asterisks render non-indents unnecessary.
Add in an extra paragraph -- are there too many
design elements now?
What about when I use .scenebreak {text-align: center; margin:1em 0}? Is that more or less
design elements than .noind {text-indent:0}?