Add Apply Separate Formatting With A Blank Line as a Prisma TIL

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+# Apply Separate Formatting With A Blank Line
+
+Prisma's CLI includes a `format` command. When run, this will standardize the
+layout of the `schema.prisma` file. This is variable based on the length of
+column and attribute names.
+
+You can exercise some control over the formatting and visually organize the
+parts of a model by injecting blank lines between sets of statements.
+
+Here is what a formatted model might look like with no blank lines:
+
+```prisma
+model Book {
+  id              String   @id @default(uuid())
+  title           String
+  publicationDate DateTime
+  author          Author   @relation(fields: [authorId], references: [id])
+  authorId        String
+  createdAt       DateTime @default(now()) @map(name: "created_at")
+  updatedAt       DateTime @updatedAt @map(name: "updated_at")
+}
+```
+
+All the types get aligned based on the longest column name.
+
+Now, here is what it looks like if I use a blank line to separate all the
+primary fields from the `createdAt` and `updatedAt`.
+
+```prisma
+model Book {
+  id              String   @id @default(uuid())
+  title           String
+  publicationDate DateTime
+  author          Author   @relation(fields: [authorId], references: [id])
+  authorId        String
+
+  createdAt DateTime @default(now()) @map(name: "created_at")
+  updatedAt DateTime @updatedAt @map(name: "updated_at")
+}
+```
+
+Notice how the second block of lines is aligned independent of the first.