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I want to name all my chapters because I think it’s meaningful
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>>25512979

I name the first chapter "One," the second "Two," and so on.
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>>25512979
First few words of the paragraph
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>>25512979
Learn from webnovel.
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>>25512979
I treat them like descriptions in a theatrical play
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Same half sentence as right before or after the most important paragraph in that chapter
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>>25512987
and so on?
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>>25512979
>comes to a board about literature
>can't even use the right "your"
why do i even waste my time coming here?
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Always call chapter one "Loomings", references make you deep and epic
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>>25512979
When I wrote my first rough draft I planned to have every chapter title be one word, just a description of what happens. Then every subsequent book in the serious would increase it. So the second book every chapter title would be two words, etc. Then I realized no one would actually give a fuck about that, nor would they notice even if they read it, but now I'm stuck making every chapter title one word.
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>>25512979
>Chapter [number]
Then a droll Cervantean argument before getting into the main text
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My chapter titles vary widely and always have some relation to what goes on in a given story. This is in part because I don't really have "chapters" in my story, just episodes that may or may not move along the overall plot.
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Use the sequence of chapter titles to spell out rude words but using the second or third letter.
>sneed's loss
>giving it up
>ignorance
>I gave you everything
>depression and other animals
>grief

or something like that?
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Each chapter is named after a Pantone colour code reference which has no relation to anything happening in the story. The colour codes are chosen by consulting the I Ching.
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>>25515129
KING DING
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First draft I name them after the scene for organization reasons. So They might have purely descriptive meta names like
>Character X introduction
>Rising action bar braw
>Protag finds clue and talks to Character X about it clandestinely
you know, stuff that only I will see that helps keep my project folder organized and make it easier to rearrange if I need to later.
Subsequent drafts I name them based on the contents, theme, or vibe of the chapter. Stuff I actually expect the reader to see.
For example the chapters above might be renamed
>The silhouette
>Bottle service
>Whispers in the dark


That said I am a newb writer with zero professionally published anything so take what I say with a grain of salt. It's just what I personally do.
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Who are the holes?



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