To space or not to space?

[Simmi]

This is an argument me and DreamChaser had awhile back. It is if you should space between paragraphs or not and just indent.

For example spacing.

"Are you sure that's the right way to do it?"

"Yeah, yeah, just shut up and watch.

And indenting.

"I really don't think you're doing it right."
"JUST SHUT UP!"

See what I mean? Like which way is correct when writing/typing a story? I've recently changed to just indenting. But I would still like to know if it really matters in which way you do it.

[Carraka]

Indenting.

But on the Internet (and on these forums) indenting doesn't work, so we use spacing instead. It's a journalism-style format.

[DreamChaser]

Ahha!! Haha Simmi I told you so...

[Simmi]

Yeah just saw that the indenting one didn't work >.<

[Simmi]

Ahha!! Haha Simmi I told you so...

Ah-hem. If I may recall you forcefully tried pushing into my brain that indenting was the right way and you didn't explain it like Carr did.

[Shaun]

DO NOT put spaces between paragraphs. Only indent. This is industry standard. If you put spaces between you'll end up getting a rejection almost immediately from practically any editor. It's bad. Don't do it :P. On the Internet it might be okay, but not for proper manuscript formatting.

[Alex]

it makes it hard to read on a forum like this with BB Code so please space so my eyes are spared =p

[Phantom]

Don't space between paragraphs. It's an indent that is the correct way to start a new paragraph.