Young Writers Society

What are indented sections in writing?
AND
Why/when do you use them?

Aren't they (**may be wrong**) used in identifying paragraphs in published novels?

Eg.

"Bob decided he wanted to go for a walk, but no one wanted to go with him. He asked around, but everyone turned him down. The dog, his brother, his mum, they were all busy. So he went for a walk himself.
-(indent) While on his walk, Bob came across something rather fascinating. It was a shiny new watch. He really wanted it, but decided not to keep it because it was someone else's, and stealing is wrong."


please, mind the disgusting story used there.

But isn't that what they are? **Unsure**

Yeah, you just use 'em to signify a new paragraph. On YWS, we just put a space between each paragraph, because idents don't come up.

Indents can be used in poetry also, but for different reasons.

Also, if you're doing a blockquote (often used for quotes more than forty words long in scholarly papers) you indent everything, not just the first line of the quote. */geek*

Well being a geek is never a bad thing It's what separates the dreamers that have genuine possibilities from those who don't

Oh, and thank you several times, I thought it was paragraphs, however the versimilitude (Yay I think I used a new word correctly!) of that was doubted; primarily because the one of the skill descriptor found on the AQA GCSE website said to include indented sections - This caused me to think of it as something more than it was.

P.S.
-Someone tell me if I used versimilitude incorrectly.
-Also, when can you change your YWS username? Warlock I just picked because it was all I could think of, and now it just seems so... bleh(?)