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Originally Posted by BetterRed
But as JSWolf says its traditional to not indent the first paragraph in a chapter or scene - not sure what the rational for that is. I suspect it harks back to the likes of King Ælfred the Great writing illuminated manuscripts on vellum  |
He was before my time, but I was taught that paragraphs should be styled either with an (a) indent, OR (b) a line before, but not both. Since the first paragraph has a header or break before it, I always assumed that counted as a line before (b) so it didn't get an indent (a).
For my personal reading, I use a line before for every paragraph since I find it easier to read that way.