Having only previously written in essay paragraph form, I am finding I am indenting to what I feel may be an excessive degree.
What is the rule of thumb on when to cut off the last bit of the story and indent to move on to the next?
I am aware that all quotations and whatever tags are either before or after them should be indented .5"
Here is an example of what I feel should be less indented:
Quote:
<indent>On his bony hand, he wore what looked like a class ring, only it was much more ornately decorated.
<indent>A large stone in the center surrounded by six diamonds shone with great hypnotic beauty. Looking into the center stone Joe swore he saw the color swirling.
<indent>Alex brandished the one dollar and twenty-five cents to purchase his comical item, and said, “Let’s go” pulling the hypnotized Joe out of the shop.
<indent>The group moved down a hallway between the shops and administrative offices.
<indent>A beautiful, and somewhat buxom woman in her mid twenties stood in wait for the class to fully congregate and spoke loudly “Hello and welcome to the Chicago Egyptian Cultural Museum.
<indent>"My name is Rachel Sanders and I will be your tour guide today. I suppose you boys have all been to a museum before.”
Am I right about this? Should I remove indentation on some of the above and make it look more like this:
Quote:
<indent>On his bony hand, he wore what looked like a class ring, only it was much more ornately decorated. A large stone in the center surrounded by six diamonds shone with great hypnotic beauty. Looking into the center stone Joe swore he saw the color swirling.
<indent>Alex brandished the one dollar and twenty-five cents to purchase his comical item, and said, “Let’s go” pulling the hypnotized Joe out of the shop. The group moved down a hallway between the shops and administrative offices.
<indent>A beautiful, and somewhat buxom woman in her mid twenties stood in wait for the class to fully congregate and spoke loudly “Hello and welcome to the Chicago Egyptian Cultural Museum.
<indent>"My name is Rachel Sanders and I will be your tour guide today. I suppose you boys have all been to a museum before.”
I don't want to be a habitual indentation offender.
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