(Some writers use extra line spaces, but they are easily lost in reflowable ebook text. This is what you use to convey a scene break within a chapter. It is basically a normal paragraph without the indent. It is classy to use an unindented paragraph at the beginning of a chapter and after a text break.
Almost all the paragraphs in your MS will be in this normal style, so it really is a good idea to get it right.
#Create a 0.5 first line indent in word how to#
So this blog is about how to set yourself up to get your MS Right First Time, while you’re actually creating it. It means doing stuff twice when it could be done once, Right First Time. They can sort out the niceties of formatting later. Some aspiring writers, I’m sure, tell themselves that the most important thing is to get their pearls onto the page. And I’ve heard whispers from some readers that the MSS they are being sent to read are not as professionally prepared as they should be.
We’ve just passed the submission deadline for the RNA’s New Writers’ Scheme.