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Q&A When/why are action lines broken up into different entries?

I'm speaking of more than one action line with no other text between them. I guess I'm asking if this is done because they relate to very different actions or actions of different people, etc. plea...

2 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Matt‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T06:59:24Z (about 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/30137
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar Matt‭ · 2019-12-08T06:59:24Z (about 5 years ago)
I'm speaking of more than one action line with no other text between them. I guess I'm asking if this is done because they relate to very different actions or actions of different people, etc. please ask if this is a little confusing.

> Cute toddler girl in playpen putting on make-up with an ink pen. We hear sexual grunts and heavy breathing as she is unaffected, appearing to stare into the aluminum foil covering the window, using it as a mirror.
> 
> Bathsheba POV shows foil-sealed window up against the playpen. She reaches on top of a dresser next to the window, her hands investigatory across the top finding a glass unicorn and a snow globe near the edge. She reaches as far as she can almost falling out of the pen and when she's side-tracked by noises outside of the house. She reaches toward the window peeling back a piece of foil revealing a man in a windbreaker walking an uncooperative chow.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2017-09-08T09:52:38Z (over 7 years ago)
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