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Chapter titles which aren't used as orientation sort of delineate the story: Potions Class, The Quidditch Match, A Long-Expected Party, The Tower of Cirith Ungol. They are a distillation, not even ...
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#4: Attribution notice removed
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2019-12-13T12:00:37Z (over 4 years ago)
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#3: Attribution notice added
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2019-12-08T05:26:03Z (over 4 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision
Chapter titles which aren't [used as orientation](https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/14239/chapter-titles-or-numbers) sort of delineate the story: _Potions Class, The Quidditch Match, A Long-Expected Party, The Tower of Cirith Ungol._ They are a distillation, not even a précis but a suggestion, of what's coming. The question is whether you feel the reader needs this sort of narrative flag in the TOC and/or at the beginning of each chapter. Does the description add to the experience or does it feel childish? Ask a bunch of your beta readers. Read many books in your genre. See what other writers are doing, and see if you agree or disagree.
#1: Imported from external source
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2016-07-18T19:03:28Z (almost 8 years ago)
Original score: 3