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I've used the code as you have suggested and this is what I get

Perhaps this has been solved and I just don't know how query it. This is the code I'm using:
\newpage{}
\renewcommand\contentsname{\large{Table of Contents}}
\pagestyle{plain}
\pagenumbering{arabic}
\tableofcontents

What I get is one page showing "Table of Contents" and white space. The TOC ...

Found the source of the trouble. Sorry. A missing \end{verse} many pages and sections earlier created the problem.

My document class is book. The \noindent solves one problem and creates another. With \noindent the paragraphs are properly blocked (ie left and right justified), but the entire paragraphs are indented as though my margins have been reset leaving my text looking like a narrow column. I should note ...

I'm formatting a book of poetry. Most pages use /begin{verse} text /end{verse}. I have a section of the book which is prose for which the verse package is not called. Each of the paragraphs in that section appear with hanging indents. What's causing this and what can I do about it?

I'm glad I found this posting. It solved my problems. Here's another "thank-you".

I like your teaching style -- no easy answers. Even by reading the documentation, I still had to experiment and fiddle until I got it. It's like learning to read a new language. Bottom line: Thank you.

The thing is I want my sections to appear in the toc with no dots and no page numbers. However I do want my subsections to appear with dots and page numbers. So I don't want nodots for the entire toc.

I've checked the documentation and I've coded:
\usepackage{tocloft]
...
\section*{sectiontext}
\renewcommand{\@dotsep}{10000}
\addcontentsline{toc}{section}{sectiontext}

and I've tried:
\section*{sectiontext}
\renewcommand{cftXdotsep}{\cftnodots}
\addcontentsline{toc}{section}{sectiontext}

and I ...

What do I do when I want no dots and numbers using \addcontentsline ?
I can do this with other entries using \section*{textofsection}