chapter titles, help please?

Question

okay so i'm writing a story (duh.) and i'm stuck on naming on of the chapters. i can't really explain it all. i need a title that sums up everything that happens. now, this chapter is like a filler i guess. it's a little relief from all the tension and stress of the other chapters. so this chapter is a little silly and childish (not in a completely stupid way but i mean, well if you read it you'll see what i mean by childish.) anyhow, i can't think of a name that suits this chapter. i'll post the chapter here (unfinished i have a little more to write for it) and after you read it i'd like you to suggest a few names. not to say i'll use them all, but they may help me with coming up witha title mself. so, here's chapter 3 of my story:




CHAPTER 3:

Matt slowly opened his eyes from the darkness and realized he was back in his brothers' house. This time he was in one of the bedrooms. He looked at the in front of him and saw a large Lakers Championship poster hanging there. In one corner of the room he saw a dresser with a framed photograph of David at his graduation on it and at the opposite corner was a laundry basket. The carpet was dark brown except in one spot which had a light stain.

Matt sat up and held his head in his right hand. He noticed the bed he was on was stripped of its sheets. The closet was closed but he noticed a pair of Dwayne Wade shoes lying next to it. There was a basket ball near the shoes and a football under the bed. He looked out the window and saw nothing but leaves and branches because of the tree outside. The window was closed so it was hot in the room, making it a little difficult to breathe.

Matt coughed as he stood up and noticed all the tears and cuts in his costume. His “split-cape” was missing and his glove fingers were missing on his left glove. His mask was removed and his left cheek had a small cut on it. His right knee and below was exposed by a rip and his right forearm had cuts and wounds uncovered. His body and his costume were slightly covered in ash and dust.

Matt stood at the door with his hand on the doorknob. He was about to leave when he heard voices murmurs outside the door. “So that explains why he's after us,” he heard R.J say. “But how exactly did he get here? Wasn't he in Egypt?”

“Yeah,” David replied. “But we aren't exactly done reading anyways. I think it'd be best if we didn't fight him until we know everything we can about him.”

“Yeah, well tell that to that arrogant idiot Matt,” R.J said. “He never listens to me. He thinks he's so tough, but I had to come save him yesterday. I think you should take charge, use your powers to put Matt in his place.”


What? Matt thought to himself. That bozo has powers too? I guess I should've figured that, Tariq has them, so why not David? I just don't know how the heck they got their powers.

“That wouldn't be so smart,” David told R.J. “If I reveal my powers too the monster will be able to locate me as well, he'll soon be hunting me too.”

“Oh yeah I forgot. Well, I guess I should go clue the others in on the info. I'll just call Tariq and tell him.”

“Well I need to go handle some business at school real quick, make sure no one does anything stupid and goes after the monster again. I don't know where he is but they seemed to find him yesterday so I don't know.”

“Well Matt is still knocked out and I'll just stay here, and I guess do some training. I haven't done that in forever.”

David left and R.J went into the bathroom. “That clown isn't about to train,” Matt said to himself. He left the room and went into the kitchen. After searching through the cabinets and the refrigerator, Matt found nothing he wanted and he left to the front room. On the couch he saw a large black bag with clothes in it.

“Those ones are yours,” R.J said as he came into the front room. Matt turned around and saw R.J in a pair of black pants with a black t-shirt that had a blue strip across the chest. He was wearing new blue and black shoes and he had some short black gloves on. “We went to get some new clothes while you were resting. We couldn't walk around in our costumes all day.”

“Whatever.” Matt replied dully. “So what new info do we have on that monster?”

“None, but you really shouldn't go off after him again. We all know we can't handle him right now. It makes no sense to run off after him only to be defeated.”

“So what do you suppose, you think we should sit around and let him destroy the world? We've got two cities gone in our own place! “

“And there will be several more if any of us run off and get killed you idiot!”

“Better to die nobly than to die like a coward! Who's to say he won't find us and crush us in our sleep and in hiding?”

“You'll use any ridiculous idea to justify your hotheadedness. Don't you get it you retard, you're too weak to beat him!”

“Weak am I, well I'm stronger than you!”

“Here we go with this again, you know what, scr

Answer 1

What are the titles of the other chapters?

It could help, so we know what you expect. :}



Potential titles I thought of while reading ---



* Difficult to Breathe (or just, Breathe)

* Ash and Dust (or just, Ash -- and vice versa).

* Powers

* Noble

* Coward

* Weak



Good luck.



EDIT: Lol, aww. Thank you. :}

No worries though .. I'm used to thumb-downs, haha.

Answer 2

Rae has a point - chapter titles tend to have... not exactly a theme, but a common style throughout the book. For instance, one book I wrote has chapter titles that are all one word. If we don't know what your other chapters are called, our suggestions probably aren't going to fit.



I would actually wait until the book is finished and you've done some editing on it before you choose chapter titles. I think chapter titles should give a clue about what happens in the chapter, without spoiling any surprises. As you edit, you might decide to merge or split chapters, and delete scenes, and the reason for a particular chapter having its particular title might disappear. On the other hand, if you're proud of a particular title, you might want to keep whatever text makes the title appropriate, even if it doesn't work in the context of the book as a whole.



Coming up with good chapter titles is hard, and you can see why a lot of books nowadays eschew them.

Answer 3

Of the 2, I'd endorse "Impossible Reunion". I'm honestly a stickler for titles, and I revel in bobbing up with ones that make you wish to learn the tale or, on this case, the bankruptcy. Here's a few examples of bankruptcy titles I've used and continuously preferred... (For a bankruptcy approximately a individual with Dissociative Identity Disorder): "Jessica, Barbara, Babette, And Barbie Walk Into A Bar..." "Frieda's Got a Gun" (Takes location in a topless bar) "Dance Like There's No One Watching" "Horace Greeley Got It Wrong" "Frankie's Brick" The factor is I like cryptic titles that end up obvious whilst you learn the bankruptcy. So "Impossible Reunion" isn't too shabby. Nicely performed.

Answer 4

I'm gonna take phrases from the chapter, here we go...



Let Him Destroy the World



Crush Us in our Sleep



Idea to Justify



Too Weak



Here We Go Again

Answer 5

Well, I'm not a fantastic titles person, but when I read the first paragragh I immediately thought of Rendezvous, because he went BACK to his brother's house. And it's a cool word. =)

Answer 6

Aw you're writing a book (: