For manuscript format, I've heard that a # character should be used for a scene break. Is that just one # character left-aligned, or is it centered or is there three of them centered?
Posted by debhoag (Member # 5493) on :
I've devolved over time (and looking at other people's stuff) to using one, centered. But I'm not sure exactly who I got it from. Either Rick Norville or Inarticulate Babbler, probably.
Posted by Elan (Member # 2442) on :
The standard usage I've seen is one #, centered, with a space above and one below.
Posted by Robert Nowall (Member # 2764) on :
Concur...if you're doublespacing, also standard usage. End of line and scene...down...centered "#"...down...beginning of next line and scene.
Posted by lehollis (Member # 2883) on :
Thanks, everyone! That helps Posted by Kathleen Dalton Woodbury (Member # 59) on :
For whatever it may be worth, an editor is not likely to reject a manuscript because you have * * * for your break instead of #.
