On a slightly different topic, what about chapter titles? Do you think chapter titles have anything to do with whether a reader opens a given story?

I'm not sure that they do, but I use them anyway, for three reasons:

1) I think that they can add a little color to the story

2) In a long story, descriptive chapter titles can help the reader find the passage he or she is looking for more quickly, whether to refresh his memory or to rekindle an exciting moment.

3) Most importantly, they help ME to find my way around in my long, rather complicated stories. :-) What scent did this particular heroine wear, if any? What color was a person's eyes? What exactly happened the last time A and B were together

I'm constantly going back over the earlier chapters of my stories to clear up those details and it would be almost impossible without the chapter titles to help me get my bearings.


Boccaccio