On Fri, 21 Feb 1997, Cynewulf wrote:

On Fri, 21 Feb 1997, Joseph "Ashira" Kohle wrote:
	Anything extra?  Actually, I've always been a bit confused by 
fanfic formating... I write as I see it written in books: an indent at 
the beginning of each paragraph, and only a blank line between paragraphs 
that aren't connected (like in a change of POV).  However, lots of 
fanfics I see skip the indent, and skip a line between each and every 
paragraph.  Just curious as to why.

Hmm, never thought about it, just looked cleaner with that line in there.
Plus, I'm not staring at a piece of paper, but a monitor.  I find my eyes
start getting tired a lot faster when there are no breaks.  It's hard to
describe, since it's something one does, not necessarily thinks about or
quantifies.  With breaks between paragraphs my eyes/brain doesn't have to
work as hard to remember where it is on the page.  After an hour or two on
the computer I usually find myself squinting a little and very tightly
focussed on the screen to the point that the casing of the monitor is in
my peripheral vision (this is tunnel vision, yes?).

Charles K. Hurst - ImageNation Corp. Wage Slave/Employee - RPI graduate-MechE
Chocolate and Anime Forever!  1 year, 9 months a fan and counting.
MI = eps. 96  MB = eps. 76 - 0/0 episodes each to utter boredom or Fushigi!
FY = eps. 32  Escaflowne = eps. 26 - 24/0 to my next bout of depression. ^ ^