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Q&A Do I need to make use of paragraphs when writing a novel and if so, how?

This might be a stupid question but I am trying to write a small novel, and my structure just doesn't seem right. The text just flows continuously until the end of the chapter (with dialog being ty...

2 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by Osiris93‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

Question novel book structure
#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T05:15:40Z (over 4 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/22021
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar Osiris93‭ · 2019-12-08T05:15:40Z (over 4 years ago)
This might be a stupid question but I am trying to write a small novel, and my structure just doesn't seem right. The text just flows continuously until the end of the chapter (with dialog being typed on their own lines).

Do I need to make use of paragraphs, and if so:

- Do I just write start a new paragraph after a certain number of lines (if so how many lines would constitute a paragraph)?

## OR

- Do I just use indentation at the start of a particular line to mark a new paragraph? I have seen in some novels, the text is structured like I described mine except after a certain number of lines there's an indentation at the start of a line. 
#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2016-05-16T10:52:37Z (almost 8 years ago)
Original score: 2