Do you name your chapters or do you just name them by number?

[MeltingCORE]

A fun question, I think! Do you name your chapters or do you just name them by number? If you give each chapter a name, what are your favorite titles?

I personally like to name them. It fits my storytelling style. : - ) My favorites thus far are "Inside the Fractal", "Suppuration", and "Coagulate".

Red Shift | Tapas

[vothnthorvaldson]

I use (short) chapter titles, as I find them more engaging than just numbers.
I only have named the published chapters, though, and there are only 2, so no favorite yet.
(On another note, I also have a few references to a Steppenwolf later in my comic (Hesse's)).

[Shanny8]

I used to name my chapters, but not anymore...

[nostalgicroxas]

In one of my stories I do name the chapters, but they're phrases: "It was missing"
In NTN specifically I name a group of 10 chapters: Chapter, Unit, Phase, ect

[ivanskilling]

I like naming my chapters so it's easier for me and my readers to search for specific scenes!

But since I post bits of my chapters on Tapas as episodes, it becomes < name > + < number >.

My favorite chapter titles have been Life Trackers, Screen Distractions, and Beheading.

Devil's Triangle :: Life Trackers I | Tapas

Shackles :: Beheading I | Tapas

[ar-ninetysix]

Titles are a must for me, they're just easier to keep track of the content matter. I typically go with either a direct quote from within the dialogue or I go with something more "poetic".

My favorite titles have been "Wounds of the Intersection", and "Sad Scenery of a Dream" for quite a long while, but I'm really warming up to "Long-Awaited" too

[tangaroa]

My titles are only one or a few words long, but even that little is much more appealing than a number. My favorite is "Chasing Ghosts".

[LadyN]

In some of my earlier works, that was all I did. Give a name that I thought made sense and it was done, now I do both. I get the chapter and the number and add a name within three words.

Example: Chapter 20- Distraught

or

Chapter 20- Lost Echo

[nostalgicroxas]

This just reminded me right before bed that I used to name EVERY single chapter and I remember why I stopped doing it - It was impossible for me to keep track of them "in order" without the numbers attached to them.

[linaket]

I used to name my chapters as I wrote but fell out of the habit. Now I started naming them because I like that the titles can allude to what will happen in the "Next Episode" thing shown on Tapas. My favorite title is my first one, though, which is "A Feathered Thing With Teeth." I'm waffling on the title of an upcoming chapter, and not sure if it's going to be "A Sister's Love" or "A Throne of Lies" so we'll have to see when we get there which one sticks, but that's my second fave.

Shadow's Prey | Tapas

[darkone4587]

It depends on the work in question, but typically I'll number them for the filing system and title them based on the subject of the chapter.

[LostSpirit]

With numbers, mostly. Though up until last year, I used to work out chapter names in synergy with the content of the chapter. I might walk back into that habit someday though. But I also enjoy the simplicity attached with numbers. You move from one place to the next, at ease! ^^

Curse of Immortals: Tempestatem | Tapas

[k5rakitan]

I name them, but now that I have over 50, it's getting harder to name them.

[themerrytroll]

The story I am writing now requires me to name the chapters because there's a playlist I listen to when I write.

[magnavarra]

for the last arc I have names named with some Shakespeare related themes so the readers can get a hint on the plot. Chapter names are part of the story its summary in anut shell

[AilyneGouveia]

Oh love to name my chapters ! I Already got a name for most of those that aren't even written yet x)
I'm about to finish the 3 one, it's called "Free as a bird"

Memento Mori - Sins | Tapas

[Cope]

I've been naming my comic pages since I started making webcomics in 2004, my rationale being that it makes specific pages easier to find.

[PaulDevers]

They're just numbers on Tapas, but I do name them in my head. If I ever got to print the book, I'd probably name them there!

[surenlicious]

My Arcs and chapter always get a name. I just don't see why you wouldn't. XD

[gempompadour]

I use both. Numbers indicate the order of the chapters so readers instantly know where the story is at, and titles tell something about the chapter. Chapter titles are 2-3 words tops, and are usually named rather enigmatically. But as the story unveils itself they start to make sense.