: Re: Paragraph Indenting Rules I have a question about dialogue indents. I'm proofreading a piece for my proofreading course and I've come across something that's stumped me. The first 6 lines of

According to Hart's Rules, Section 3.2 Paragraphs has the relevant info:

New paragraphs following headings should be ranged full left. New paragraphs not
following a heading should be indented one tab.

Leave the first line of the story alone, but the dialogue and the paragraphs following should each have a single tab indentation for the first line. The following lines should be ranged full left (to use Hart's nomenclature).

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