[18] paragraphs
This was requested by raeraeisawesome and I'm actually very glad she asked for a chapter on this because in a lot of stories on wattpad, people don't seem to know much about paragraphs and when to start a new one.
DEFINITION OF PARAGRAPH:
"A paragraph (from the Greek paragraphos, "to write beside" or "written beside") is a group of sentences with one topic."
As you can see, "one topic" is put in bold. A paragraph focuses solely on one topic, and it changes when you change the topic. If you're talking about apples in one paragraph, you create a new paragraph if you suddenly start talking about steak.
Lemme go more in depth.
A NEW PARAGRAPH IS CREATED WHEN . . .
+ someone new speaks
WRONG: "Hi, Jen," Jeremy said. "Hey, Jeremy," Jen said, smiling at him.
RIGHT: "Hi, Jen," Jeremy said.
"Hey, Jeremy," Jen said, smiling at him.
+ new subject
+ when you've skipped to another place/time
If you say something like "Later that day, I found my watch" or "Five hours later, we headed to the mall"
+ when you want to be dramatic with a line.
That being said, NOT EVERY LINE IS TO BE A NEW PARAGRAPH. And if you overuse this tool, it becomes dull and the whole effect goes away.
This is really just a general explanation. As I always say, you can find many articles that will explain this more in depth and if you fail to find some you can even ask me I'll recommend a few :-) Sorry to the Rae, who requested I go over paragraphs, because I posted this much later than she asked me to.
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