Scene Breaks

Insert and style scene break markers to separate scenes within a chapter.

What Are Scene Breaks?

Scene breaks visually separate distinct scenes or time jumps within a chapter. They prevent reader confusion when the narrative shifts location, time, or point of view.

Inserting a Scene Break

Place your cursor between two paragraphs. Go to Insert → Scene Break (or use the keyboard shortcut). The scene break marker appears in the editor.

Scene Break Styles

Sappar offers several built-in styles:

• Blank space — three blank lines.
• Ornamental symbol — fleuron, asterism, or custom glyph.
• Three centered asterisks — commonly called a dinkus.
• Horizontal rule — thin line.

You can customize the style under Format → Theme Settings → Scene Breaks.

Custom Scene Break Symbols

You can use any Unicode character or short string as your scene break symbol. Enter it in the custom symbol field under theme settings.