Ok so my beta reader told me that I didn't need to indent my chapters. First I had just been manually hitting the space bar like three or four times for a new paragraph, and then someone else told me that I need to hit tab. My beta reader told me to fix the issue to highlight my work, right click, hit paragraph, and select first line.
Now however the whole document looks horrid. Sentences are broken up, like this
“It was the least we could do,” Mrs. Townsend said, but she did not sound exactly
pleased. There was again another lapsed moment of rather uncomfortable silence, the only noise being that of the grandfather clock chiming the hour, and the squeaking of the floorboards as the
servants worked upstairs and the house settled for the night. Everyone was looking down at the
floor, at the flowers, the curtains, anything but each other. Everyone knew that something was
not right. Every time Alice stole a look over at William, his eyes would dart away from hers,
acting as though he had not been looking at her.
“Well, that was odd,” Lucy commented later that night. The girls were heading to their
awaiting carriages, picking up their heavy skirts as they stepped lightly over mud puddles and horse manure. It was dark and the evening air was chilly, causing the young ladies to bunch together and draw their shawls closer about their shoulders.
“Yes, very odd,” Alice agreed. “And I think that Mr. Burbage lied to me. He told me he
I know my beta reader had good intentions, but now I don't know what to do
How do I fix this and what do editors/agents want and expect?
Sorry if this is on the wrong board, I didn't know where to post.
I'm not mad at my beta reader either, I'm so grateful for his help, I just think maybe we have different versions of mircosoft word, like I have a newer one then he does or maybe vise-versa.
Now however the whole document looks horrid. Sentences are broken up, like this
“It was the least we could do,” Mrs. Townsend said, but she did not sound exactly
pleased. There was again another lapsed moment of rather uncomfortable silence, the only noise being that of the grandfather clock chiming the hour, and the squeaking of the floorboards as the
servants worked upstairs and the house settled for the night. Everyone was looking down at the
floor, at the flowers, the curtains, anything but each other. Everyone knew that something was
not right. Every time Alice stole a look over at William, his eyes would dart away from hers,
acting as though he had not been looking at her.
“Well, that was odd,” Lucy commented later that night. The girls were heading to their
awaiting carriages, picking up their heavy skirts as they stepped lightly over mud puddles and horse manure. It was dark and the evening air was chilly, causing the young ladies to bunch together and draw their shawls closer about their shoulders.
“Yes, very odd,” Alice agreed. “And I think that Mr. Burbage lied to me. He told me he
I know my beta reader had good intentions, but now I don't know what to do
How do I fix this and what do editors/agents want and expect?Sorry if this is on the wrong board, I didn't know where to post.
I'm not mad at my beta reader either, I'm so grateful for his help, I just think maybe we have different versions of mircosoft word, like I have a newer one then he does or maybe vise-versa.
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