I'm so full of questions

[burntsmoke]

I really am. I got another.



:-[Lol what the hell is this?? >>

Anyway, that's not my question

I wanna know what these stand for in a book:

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You know like when you get a paragraph break.
Eg,
She walked down here along stupid lane bla bla bla bla blahhhhhhhhhhhhh blah blah blah blah let's just say that this is a paragraph

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The next day tra la la

What are the stars (or underscores or dots) for? Are they the same as just putting in a large space?

Please help!

[burntsmoke]

Cus I'm an idiot

[Lady Hammer]

Yeah that's pretty much what they're for. I've seen other ways of doing it, too, but that's probably the most common. ^^

[The Pilot]

Tolkien does it. I guess it's just a stylized paragraph break.

[Kate]

They're kinda like semi-chapters I think... A different idea but not necessary a new chapter. Hmm.

[burntsmoke]

Wow thanks for the answers