For the sake of consistency, if you name one, name them all. I get pissed when it's not. That's just me but I rather they don't name them at all if they won't bother with other chapters.Fellow authors, what are your opinions on individual chapters having titles?
I sometimes use them and i sometimes dont.
As a side question: If you name chapters, do you name all of them or just some?
I haven't done chapter titles in all my books but for those I have, I have named all of them. My smaller books are the ones that have chapter titles.
I don't like the idea of giving too much away upon what is going on in the chapter, otherwise what's the point!? The readers might not bother to read it! I like one or two words the most, just to generalize the chapter. :)
Fellow authors, what are your opinions on individual chapters having titles?
I sometimes use them and i sometimes dont.
As a side question: If you name chapters, do you name all of them or just some?
I haven't done chapter titles in all my books but for those I have, I have named all of them. My smaller books are the ones that have chapter titles.
I don't like the idea of giving too much away upon what is going on in the chapter, otherwise what's the point!? The readers might not bother to read it! I like one or two words the most, just to generalize the chapter. :)
This. Please, if you're going to do chapter titles, commit. Drives me crazy when when some just randomly don't have chapter titles.For the sake of consistency, if you name one, name them all. I get pissed when it's not. That's just me but I rather they don't name them at all if they won't bother with other chapters.
This. Please, if you're going to do chapter titles, commit. Drives me crazy when when some just randomly don't have chapter titles.
Other people have made good points about why a long running serialised webnovel would benefit from chapter titles! As for me, I have one story with chapter titles and one story without. But I hate coming up with chapter titles. I'm so bad at it and I absolutely despise it. I dug a hole for myself, because I wanted all the chapter titles of my second story to be a small story within itself and have multiple meanings in how it related to the chapter, but it's very hard to keep up with. But, I made this decision, I have to commit...
That makes sense as a reader I look for the chapter title when I come back to read the novel. But, as a writer I find it hard to give my chapters titles w/o giving away the gist of the chapter..it takes me a bit to think of one !For books, no. Chapter titles are not necessary in books. However, in the case of web novel writing like what is on this site, chapter titles are almost essential. This is especially true in the case of longer web novels. As the number of chapters stacks up, it becomes harder and harder for a reader to find their place when they come back after a break unless you include chapter titles. Chapter titles are far easier to stick in the brain and remember than a sequential number.
If your chapter title gives the reader enough information to know exactly what's going on in the chapter, it's not a good title. You gotta use intentionally vague and sometimes slightly misleading titles, including a double meaning if at all possible. The title may give slight spoilers to someone who has not read them yet if they are glancing over future chapter title names, but none of them are enough to reveal exactly what's actually going on in the chapter.
If the reader cares about spoilers, they will avoid looking at the later chapter titles. So, it's fine for the most part.
That makes sense as a reader I look for the chapter title when I come back to read the novel. But, as a writer I find it hard to give my chapters titles w/o giving away the gist of the chapter..it takes me a bit to think of one !
Fellow authors, what are your opinions on individual chapters having titles?
I sometimes use them and i sometimes dont.
As a side question: If you name chapters, do you name all of them or just some?
I realized during my time with early works i wont name that i quickly cant remember shit about small details sometimes. And going back to find what i wrote about certain things was damn near impossible when every chapter is just numbered. So much easier find things i wrote in the past when the chapters have memorable titles.Fellow authors, what are your opinions on individual chapters having titles?
I sometimes use them and i sometimes dont.
As a side question: If you name chapters, do you name all of them or just some?