: Re: Using chapter breaks I know you are supposed to used Chapter breaks to cut between scenes, but I was wondering if you are supposed to use Chapter breaks when you reference a period of time

I would advice you against that. Like you said, the chapter breaks are used when there is a scene changing and that is what people would be expecting.
You can simply format it as:

"Let's have a cup of tea before I leave."
Twenty minutes later, we watch as she dons her Chanel jacket...

But of course, if you like the way people perceive the breaks, you can use them. If you want the reader to pause for some fractions of the second, so as to realize that 20 minutes have passed, you can use the breaks.

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