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#8: Paragraph Structure

By KLCtheBookWorm - Posted on 21 February 2010

Most English teachers concentrate on the nonfiction approach to a paragraph. You have a topic sentence with three or four supporting sentences, and wallah you're on to the bigger structure of the paper.

Fiction is different.

A new speaker always begins a new paragraph. A new speakers means someone different starts talking. It can be someone present in the scene, someone who just walked in, or someone who has never spoken before.

Throttle tugged on his neck bandanna. Old newspapers weren't kept on the same floor of the library as the books, but he hadn't found any newspapers. The room held rows of black filing cabinets, each filled with plastic spools of film. He gave up and headed to the librarian's desk.

The young woman smiled. "Can I help you?"

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Narration paragraph usually described something: what something looks like, how someone feels. Say what you want to say about it and move on. Have pity on your readers and don't keep the paragraph going for pages.

Charley didn't try to bait him, so he let his gaze wander around the bar, finally coming to rest on the girl coming in the door. And he let his red eyes open wide in appreciation.

She was dressed all in black: black calf-high combat boots and black tights that ran up her shapely legs to a pair of equally tight black denim cut-off shorts. He could see a glimpse of the loose black shirt and the skin-tight black something underneath the black leather motorcycle jacket she had buttoned around her waist. Her blonde hair--a hue so much lighter than Tala's it almost matched Vinnie's white fur by comparison--brushed against her shoulders. She stepped inside, hesitating as if unsure of her welcome.

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In nonfiction, the structure of the work is hierarchical. The section under a heading supports the heading. Each paragraph has a topic sentence relating back to the heading. The rest of the paragraph supports the topic sentence.

Because fiction's structure is narration and scenes, paragraphs flow more. Topic sentences are not necessary, even though for clarity's sake, you should stay focused on a single subject.

Relax, let the story flow, and don't get hung up on how the paragraph should be written. As long as you start a new one for a new speaker, you shouldn't have many complaints.

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