I am using Pandoc to integrate Scrivener with Zotero. I write in Scrivener adding the Zotero citation keys, compile a .txt file, then use Pandoc to convert the .txt file into a Word file in which the citation keys are effectively translated in my preferred citation style (APA in this case). Following the instructions on this webpage, I also set up "Marked 2" to show the output of what I was writing in Scrivener using markdown.

Here comes the problem: newlines.

If I write in Scrivener:

    I want a newline after this.

    This should be a newline.

then Marked 2 is showing:

    I want a newline after this. This should be a newline.

So then I wrote in Scrivener:

    I want a newline after this.<br>

    This should be a newline.

Marked 2:

    I want a newline after this.

    This should be a newline.

Great! Now I compile into a .txt file and I get:

    I want a newline after this.<br>

    This should be a newline.

OK, now it is time to use Pandoc.

I type the following command into the terminal:

    pandoc -s -S --normalize --bibliography  

    ~/Dropbox/_Research/Master_Thesis/Master.bib --csl 

    ~/Dropbox/_Research/apa.csl 

    -f markdown -t docx -o trial.docx /Users/S/Desktop/test_st.txt

I get my .docx file (and when I do this with a full document, all my citations are there, so that works!), but then I read:

    I want a newline after this. This should be a newline.

Note that the <br> that was present in the .txt file is gone, but still I did not get a newline.