It works on my Mac better than Zoho.
Me, too, but readers often misunderstand and comment: 'do you know you've got an extra line space here?'
Thanks, it's much clearer with the additional comment! Until now, I have not distiguished between slight or major shifts of scenes within chapters, just leaving an extra space between paras for consistency to show there is a shift. But thinking of using asterisks for bigger shifts, especially in light of Cage's comment. Mostly I just want readers to get it!
) instead of #. Whatever fits the interior design, which again should fit the mood of the novel.
I have seen it both ways: just a double space between paragraphs, and *** or similar in publised books from the major publishers.
I think that is the ultimate solution. My real problem is how to signify it in my drafts. Mostly how to keep track of the change in may head. I think I will start using the first word bold so that when I go back I can remember to put in asterisks.
In a manuscript I'm submitting to someone else for publication, I used the standard # centred on the line. But in my self-published books, I use an appropriate glyph--I either draw my own, purchase one, or use an awesome bug font I bought years ago that has actual insects and spiders for one of the font variations.
Agree on the #. I've decided to go with this for now as it seems to be the most widely accepted sign for a break in time or place. But I love the idea of creating your own graphics for self-pub! If I end up going this route, will definitely do this. Thanks!
For those not Scrivener-phobic, Scrivener does all that automatically (if you don't wreck the export settings).
You have to turn them into jpgs first--that's the trick. For a glyph, that works fine. Wouldn't do so well for a paragraph though.
Using a gif would solve that problem (except with the black background, on which a black gif would disappear completely).
Sorry, I meant a png, not a gif...though a gif would work too. The key is to have a transparent background.
