\input{mmd-article-header}
\def\mytitle{Line Break Test}
\def\latexmode{memoir}
\input{mmd-article-begin-doc}

This is a paragraph.
This is the same paragraph.

New paragraph.\\
Second line in same paragraph.

New paragraph.\\
Second line in same paragraph with linebreak at end. 

\input{mmd-memoir-footer}

\end{document}