The more Swift says I'm making her enjoy English the more I want to write these chapters- 

Paragraphs: Use them. Use them use them use them. You know when you get those history excerpts that are like 472973 pages long and there's no paragraphs and you want to shoot your brains out because it just seems so long? Yeah. You don't want your readers feeling like that. Let me provide an example of what to do and what not to do.

"Woah, did you hit that?" Billy said.

"Uh huh," Tom replied.

They continued batting practice for a while. Joe came to join them after a long time. He was a tall boy with ginger hair and freckles spattering his face. 

The sun was beginning to set over the horizon, casting rays of light across the land in wide strokes of a painter's brush. The swath of trees rustled in the wind, murmuring their condolences to the day as the night usurped the sky.

"Woah," Billy said, echoed by Tom and Joe. They decided to pack up because it was dark.

"Hey Joe," Tom said. "Who's coming to pick you up?"

Joe turned to look at him. "Mama."

"Woah, did you hit that?" Billy said. "Uh huh," Tom replied. They continued batting practice for a while. Joe came to join them after a long time. He was a tall boy with ginger hair and freckles spattering his face. The sun was beginning to set over the horizon, casting rays of light across the land in wide strokes of a painter's brush. The swath of trees rustled in the wind, murmuring their condolences to the day as the night usurped the sky. "Woah," Billy said, echoed by Tom and Joe. They decided to pack up because it was dark. "Hey Joe," Tom said. "Who's coming to pick you up?" Joe turned to look at him. "Mama."

Human brains are odd. Despite being the same amount, stretching your sentences out in paragraphs makes it easier on the eye and will keep your reader engaged. It's a lot easier to figure out who's speaking as well. 

With paragraphs, you need to start a new one when a character is introduced to a scene, someone starts speaking, a new plot point or idea is introduced, or when the scene switched focus. It's also good to vary the size of your paragraphs so that your writing doesn't seem repetitive or mundane.

Another thing about paragraphs is that you want to indent them. Here on Wattpad, the paragraphs are separated so it really isn't an issue, but when you're writing an essay or something make sure to indent your paragraphs. Ex:

Sally went to the zoo. (No indention)

     Sally went to the zoo. (Indention)

On most writing platforms, you can use tab to indent paragraphs. If you can't use tab, I'd just use the spacebar.

Sentence Structures:

Here is a sentence. Here is another sentence. There is a third sentence. That last sentence had one more word. That is cool. Do you see a pattern? You should be able to see a pattern. It's probably hard to focus. You probably don't want to read this.

There are three main ways to structure your sentence. The first, the most basic one, is [phrase]. Ex: Spitfire flew around the world.

The second is [phrase], [phrase] (this is my personal favorite!). Ex: The wind whispered to the grass, gently guiding them towards the sun.

The third and final one is [phrase], [phrase], [phrase]. Ex: Lucy's dog, Rick, likes to roll in the grass.

Now, when you start using a lot of commas in a list or something else, then obviously there becomes a fourth type. However, those are the main three that you will see/use in writing. You want to mix them all up. Think of it like a salad. You've got the lettuce, the croutons, and the dressing. You don't want just one, do you? You're really telling me you want a mouthful of lettuce instead of a beautiful medley of flavors? If you're saying yes then we need to talk-

Lol just kidding. Sort of. Basically, you want to blend them together. This is why revising is important, because our brains will often fall back on patterns that result in mundane writing, but I'll cover that in a future chapter. Here's an example of blending:

Here is a sentence. It's followed by another sentence, and then a third. That last sentence had a few more words than the first. That's pretty cool, and unlike last time, I can't really see a pattern. It's a lot easier to focus, and you likely want to read this.

I will note that sometimes you might want to add emphasis through a pattern. For example: They destroyed our town. They destroyed our culture. They destroyed our homes. They destroyed our lives.

So, sometimes repetitiveness is good because it adds emphasis, but most of the time you'll want to stay away from patterns.

Bye y'all!