Char Newcomb (@charnewcomb.bsky.social)

Chapters – Entitled or just a number? Is it better to put a title at the beginning of each chapter in your book or should you merely put a simple number? I’ve never used chapter titles when writing my own books although I’ve absorbed them when reading other books. What do chapter titles do? They can act as promises of what’s to come in the next few pages, be it a potential escalation (The Reading of the Will), an emotional disaster like loss or dread (The First Betrayal), or perhaps they point to an ironic promise that primes the reader for subversion ( https://alisonmortonauthor.com/2026/01/12/chapters-entitled-or-just-a-number/