It’s writing advice day. Recently, I made a video in an over the shoulder-style way to help you use the white space of your paragraph structure to create emotional effect in the rhythm of a reader’s experience. Want to see what I mean? Check it out:
You see, too many words on a single page, or in one paragraph, can muddle a readers experience. That’s one of the reasons why on blogs like this you see so much white space.
It’s easier to read when you have lots of paragraphs with white space in between them.
Did you see what I just did there?
I’m using white space to slow down your reading and help you comprehend what I’m writing.
When you have a moment where you want to highlight something, particularly for emotional effect, you can do so by putting that moment inside it’s own white space frame, or in other words, it’s own paragraph. For example.
I couldn’t believe my eyes, it was right there the whole time. All my days searching leading up to this and at last I’d found it.
In my hands I held the lost rolls of Poopydom.
That’s a silly block, but you get the idea.
After you watch the video, try this out in your own writing. See if you can change the emotional experience of your writing, not by telling emotions, but drawing them out by altering the rhythm of the page. I think you’ll like what it does for you.
Check out another article/video I just made, and let me know if these are working for you.
