var myContent = `Paragraph one

Second paragraph
new line`;

console.log(createContent(myContent)); // returns ['Paragraph one', 'Second paragraph', 'new line']

createContent = function(content) {
    paragraphs = [];
    if (content) {
        content.replace(/\n\n/, '\n').split(/\n/).forEach(function(val, ndx) {
            if (val.replace(' ', '').length) {
                paragraphs.push(val);
            }
        });
    } else {
        paragraphs = ["empty"];
    }

    return paragraphs;
}