![]() ![]() If you’re self-publishing, then obviously it’s your call on whether to indent or not to indent subsequent paragraphs. Then simply backspace to erase the indent on the first paragraph. ![]() To do that, the easiest thing is to click “Special” then “first line” (as indicated in pic below) and set it to. My true crime publisher prefers that the first paragraph be justified and subsequent paragraphs be indented. For instance, my thriller publisher keeps all paragraphs justified. If your passage contains more than one paragraph, check with the publisher. Leave the right margin alone.Ī good rule of thumb for block quotes is to not indent the first paragraph. This screen will pop up…Ĭhoose “paragraph” and this screen will pop up… To include block quotes in Word, highlight the text and right click. For more on why white space is a good thing, check out this post or this one. We’ve discussed white space many times on TKZ. Sing your death song and die like a hero going home.īlock quotes also break up the text and enhance white space. When it’s your time to die, be not like those whose hearts are filled with the fear of death, so that when their time comes, they weep and pray for a little more time to live their lives over again in a different way. Should you choose not to accept it, remember this. ![]() If we shut our eyes to dangers beyond our comprehension, we become powerless to fight. Because these messages are neither dialogue, nor narrative, using block quotes set them apart. ![]() In Silent Mayhem, the antagonist and hero communicate through an Onion site (untraceable) on the deep web. Please excuse my using one of my thrillers it’s easier than searching through a gazillion books on my Kindle. In fiction, two examples of where to use block quotes would be a diary entry or a note/letter/message. They can even enhance the scene, thereby adding to the overall reading experience. You’ll see what I mean in one of the examples below.īlock quotes can’t be avoided at times. For example, if the quote was mainly backstory and not part of the actual scene but still important for the reader to understand, then I used block quotes. But there were times where I chose to block quote the text instead. If at all possible, I tend to use quoted material as dialogue to create scenes. The conversation dealt with using block quotes-when, where, why, and how I used them in the (nonfiction) manuscript. An interesting discussion arose while working on copy edits for Pretty Evil New England. ![]()
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