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Q&A How do I fix a text wall when I already have one?

When I write answers to questions on the stack exchange network my end result is often quite lengthy. While length itself isn't a problem for me, sometimes my answers end up like this. This happens...

1 answer  ·  posted 8y ago by Please stop being evil‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T06:09:44Z (about 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/26896
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar Please stop being evil‭ · 2019-12-08T06:09:44Z (about 5 years ago)
When I write answers to questions on the stack exchange network my end result is often quite lengthy. While length itself isn't a problem for me, sometimes my answers end up like [this](https://rpg.stackexchange.com/a/95465/14848). This happens significantly more frequently than I'd like, and I'm never sure what to do when it does happen.

Sometimes the long-answers work out fine, especially when I fall into a pattern that I'm comfortable with, such as an essay. However, when I don't naturally fall into a familiar structured writing format by feel as I write the post, it seems almost impossible for me to fix the problems through editing.

Usually I just leave a comment to the first person to point it out asking them for help breaking up the text walls, and usually they are willing to do so and that works out okay. However, I'd like to be able to fix these problems myself, though I'm not entirely sure why I struggle to do so.

**How does one go about breaking up a text wall into a more easily digested format?**

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2017-02-24T01:24:55Z (almost 8 years ago)
Original score: 4