Ahoy all,
I've found that lately, I'm using paragraphs and line breaks to add more emphasis to something I want to say, and I'm curious how you guys feel about it. What I mean is that I write one, or a few, long-ish paragraph(s), with a handful or so sentenced in it (that's long for me), and then I add a single short sentence as a paragraph on its own.
My think is that it will work a little bit in the same as when you mix up long and short sentences, except with paragraphs. It breaks up the monotony. It opens up the page, and it gives the reader time to breath. I also think it adds a bit more oomph to the short sentence. If something is so important that it gets an entire line of its, then it really must be important.
Or is it?
See what I did there? It may have been predictable, but it may still have worked. I began with two long paragraphs, and then a single short sentence that questioned everything that those paragraphs said - on its own line. Sure the paragraphs aren't super long here, but consider how it'd look on the page of a book, where the lines may be short, with less words in them.
How do you feel about this technique for adding emphasis to your text? Does it work, does it not work, do you like it, does it bother you? I won't ask if it's right or wrong. I'm pretty sure it's a matter of taste and usage. Some of you may like it now and then, some of you won't like it at all, and most of you will probably not approve if it's overused.
Right?
I've found that lately, I'm using paragraphs and line breaks to add more emphasis to something I want to say, and I'm curious how you guys feel about it. What I mean is that I write one, or a few, long-ish paragraph(s), with a handful or so sentenced in it (that's long for me), and then I add a single short sentence as a paragraph on its own.
My think is that it will work a little bit in the same as when you mix up long and short sentences, except with paragraphs. It breaks up the monotony. It opens up the page, and it gives the reader time to breath. I also think it adds a bit more oomph to the short sentence. If something is so important that it gets an entire line of its, then it really must be important.
Or is it?
See what I did there? It may have been predictable, but it may still have worked. I began with two long paragraphs, and then a single short sentence that questioned everything that those paragraphs said - on its own line. Sure the paragraphs aren't super long here, but consider how it'd look on the page of a book, where the lines may be short, with less words in them.
How do you feel about this technique for adding emphasis to your text? Does it work, does it not work, do you like it, does it bother you? I won't ask if it's right or wrong. I'm pretty sure it's a matter of taste and usage. Some of you may like it now and then, some of you won't like it at all, and most of you will probably not approve if it's overused.
Right?