When you're writing, do you use chapter titles instead of just 'Chapter 1', 'Chapter 2' etc?
I don't actually use chapter titles. But I guess there would be no reason to go back and change that.
What do you all do?
When you're writing, do you use chapter titles instead of just 'Chapter 1', 'Chapter 2' etc?
I don't actually use chapter titles. But I guess there would be no reason to go back and change that.
What do you all do?
Well, I make this:
I write, ‘— CHAPTER 1 —’;
And then, ‘Title of chapter’ (if I've got it) but if no, I leave empty the place and then I think in one, later.
Good point, but I've never done it. I outline using three 'chapter ideas' which doesn't really lend itself to a single heading. But that's just me.
I used working chapter titles, but when I edited my manuscript I changed some of them to reflect what the chapters are about. I prefer to use chapter titles but I have noticed a trend to use chapter numbers. I wonder if the authors who use chapter numbers outline their novels with chapter titles and then remove the later.
As a would-be author it must help to use working chapter titles to keep the plot and storyline as straight and as clear as you can make it.