# Scene breaks done by hand

> A scene break made with typed characters or a row of empty paragraphs.

**Why it's flagged.** Inspect saw either typed break characters or a run of empty paragraphs standing in for a scene break. The build drops empty paragraphs, so a break made of blank lines vanishes; typed marks such as `* * *` print exactly as typed.

**How serious.** Just noting.

**How to fix it.** In any editor:

1. Replace the typed marks or empty lines with one paragraph in the **Section Break** style.
2. No styles in your editor? Type `[[break]]` on its own line.
3. The mark itself (white space, breve, ornament) comes from your transmittal's Typography choice.

**When to leave it.** If the run of empty paragraphs is something else, such as space in a poem, tell the studio.

[All Inspect findings](inspect.md)

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Source: https://studio.jdbb.net/help/finding-manual-break