[stylist] White space and other tactics

[LoriStay at aol.com]

I always use chapter breaks, or smooth over changes of scenes with a 
sentence or two, like, "The next day Mike..." etc.
Lori
In a message dated 1/11/11 10:23:43 AM, aadkins7 at verizon.net writes:


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> I love those Lucas Davenport books. In the book I am writing, I am just
> using white space, only because that is how we were required to do it in 
> my
> fiction writing class and because this happens to be a short story that I
> feel needs a little separation. In the novel I am working on, I just use
> chapter breaks. I don't know if anyone has read any James Patterson, but I
> notice his books have many short chapters. Maybe, he uses that technique
> instead of white space. I'm not sure since I read his books with audio. 
> But,
> if so, that would also be another way someone unable to see the whitespace
> could be alerted to it. Have a great day. Anita
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