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I've got another chapter title question. In the first chapter of my story, a significant secondary character is introduced, and I think it makes sense to use the character's name as the chapter ti...
#3: Attribution notice added
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System
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2019-12-08T12:47:56Z (over 4 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision
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Llewellyn
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2019-12-08T12:47:56Z (over 4 years ago)
I've got another chapter title question. In the first chapter of my story, a significant secondary character is introduced, and I think it makes sense to use the character's name as the chapter title. This character is an established literary figure (and clearly referenced in the story summary), so I expect readers to recognize them by name alone. The character only appears on page near the end of the chapter, but there's plenty of build-up before that. However, I'm wondering whether that could be confusing, whether readers would expect a character mentioned in the title to also be the POV character. For what it's worth, my story is written in omniscient third person, focusing on different characters in turn. The titular character does not get a POV in their introductory chapter (which is clear from the start), but will get occasional POV scenes in later chapters. Also, I don't intend to follow the "POV character as chapter title" system anywhere else in the story.
#1: Imported from external source
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System
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2019-08-25T14:11:54Z (over 4 years ago)
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