Chapter Headings

[image error]"Reunion" has chapter headings. They're not very good. "Kissed by a Rose" doesn't have chapter headings and neither does "Eternally & Evermore" but what "Eternally & Evermore" does have is dialogue quotes at the start each chapter. I like them. I think they work quite well.

But what about “A Good Man”? Should it have chapter headings? Or should I dig out dialogue quotes like I did with “E&E”? It’s a question I’ve been wrestling with for a while.

Part of me really quite likes to see chapters have titles in books I’m reading. It piques my interest right at the start when looking at the table of contents. I’ve also found it really quite useful when reading e-books that you jump around using the TOC. Chapter headings seems more memorable somehow than just chapter numbers.

But, and here’s the thing, I’m really, really bad at coming up with chapter headings. No, I mean, seriously bad. Hell, I’m bad enough at coming up with book titles, why would I be any better at giving each chapter a name? And “A Good Man” has 47 chapters, plus a prologue and epilogue. That’s forty-nine different headings to come up with.

So, dearest reader of mine, what do you think? Do you like chapter headings? Did the dialogue quotes in “Eternally & Evermore” work? Or would “A Good man” be better served with nothing more than chapter numbers?Tell me what you think. It might actually help me make a decision. You can comment on this thread, or drop me an e-mail.