: Re: Coming up with Chapter titles What are some of the criteria for a chapter title (In a fictional novel)? How deep should a chapter title be, what should it try to convey, and how important

There's no real criteria for chapter titles, as with most things in writing you can do what you like. There's no reason to have them if you don't want to, either.

That said, it's probably a good idea to keep them short and succinct (no longer than about six or seven words).

Most authors use them to tease the reader with a vague description of what's coming, for example "downfall" for a chapter in which one or more characters fail to do something spectacularly. Others merely take a curiosity-baiting phrase or sentence from the chapter and use it as the chapter title. They should always be appropriate, even if they don't always give the reader the most accurate initial impression. For example, "downfall" could also mean that someone or something important literally falls in the chapter.

Books with multiple viewpoint characters also tend to name each chapter after the character who is the primary viewpoint character for it.

Hope that helps!

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