In word, under the Home tab, you want to use 'no spacing', not 'normal'. The reason for this is counter-intuitive to the way you would write for a publisher or self-publishing on Kindle. For the Kindle, or a publisher, you don't want any hard paragraphs (no hitting the enter button until the end of a paragraph), but for online writing it's completely opposite. And in that way, you will maintain your formatting, because you are now leaving hard paragraphs behind that don't really obey grammar rules.

So, you write a paragraph, letting each line wrap automatically, and then at the end of the paragraph, you hit the enter button twice (double-spacing between paragraphs).

But, the next thing is also counter-intuitive to writing for a publisher. The publishing rule is 'one subject per paragraph', or break a paragraph when a character speaks, but not when you are publishing for online reading. Any paragraph that is longer than five lines becomes too difficult for a reader on a monitor. So, you break your paragraphs every five or six lines, double-spaced between, and a separate line for all dialog, even if it technically belongs to the previous paragraph.

Basically, you have to split your paragraphs with double-spacing, so the reader's eyes can follow, even if the paragraph by grammar rules says it should be one paragraph. Otherwise, it becomes too difficult to read, and you lose your reader.

You can do all this easily in Word, and then cut-and-paste while maintaining a visually pleasant story to view.

Now I'm going to share a bit of formatting that will make your story look a little better. And you do it in word, then cut and paste the whole thing, Below is a header, and a footer. The only thing you change is where it says, 'Story / Description'  That's where your title goes. Don't do anything to the footer. Place your story between the header and the footer, and you have a visually appealing story.

<div class="panel"><div class="panel-heading"><h3 class="panel-title">Story / Description</h3></div><div class="panel-body"><div class="form-group" style="text-align:justify;">

 

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Wolfenshire, Moderator/Community Leader