ideas for chapter titles

One idea could be 'Memories Unlocked: My Memoir'. It gives the sense that the memoir is about unlocking and sharing memories. Another is 'My Life in Retrospect: A Memoir' which shows it's looking back on one's life. 'The Memoir of My Life's Journey' is also a suitable title.

Very important! They act as signposts, guiding the reader and adding to the structure and organization of the story. Also, they can create intrigue and make the reader more eager to explore that particular chapter.

The chapter titles of novels were usually written by the author according to his own creative intentions and storyline, and then expressed through typing skills and language use. Generally speaking, the title of a novel should be concise and clear, summarize the plot and the characteristics of the main characters, and at the same time attract the interest and desire of the readers. When writing a chapter title, the author would usually use some rhetorical devices and literary techniques such as comparison, metaphor, symbolism, and hints to enhance the expression and artistic appeal of the chapter title. For example, the title of a novel could be like this: " The beginning of a dream "," The gentleness of the devil "," Lost in the darkness "," A journey to find the truth ", etc. The title of a novel is the result of the author's conception and creativity in the process of writing. It attracts the interest and desire of readers through concise language and expressive rhetoric.

Chapter titles of 'Dream of the Red Chamber': Chapter One: Zhen Shiyin's Dream Awareness, Psychic Awareness, Jia Yucun's Misery The second chapter: Lady Jia passed away in Chuzhou City, Jia Baoyu dreamt in the Great Illusionary Land. The third chapter: The Miserable Secretary announced the Dragon Boat Festival poem, the Grand View Garden, and the cricket fight. Chapter Four: Shi Xiangyun Drunk on the Battlefield, Lord Grim, Wang Xifeng Havoc in Ningguo Mansion Chapter Five: Granny Liu Entering the Rong Mansion, Jia Baoyu's Second Birthday Chapter 6: Lin Daiyu mistakenly picked up the embroidered spring bag, Jia Yingchun abandoned Xue Baochai Chapter Seven: Jia Baoyu Dreams in the Great Illusionary Land Lin Daiyu's Mother Jia Yuanchun Returns Home Chapter 8: Wang Xifeng, Wang Xifeng, Wang Xifeng Chapter 9: Lady Dowager's Spring Evening Feast in Grand View Garden, Jia Baoyu, Miaoyu, and Zen Temple Chapter 10: Xue Baochai's Little Banquet Crab Jia Yingchun's Spring Pouch Chapter 11: Lin Daiyu Buried Flower Soul Jia Baoyu's Willow Song Chapter 12: Wang Xifeng, Wang Xifeng, Jia Baoyu, Lin Daiyu, Across the Belly Chapter 13: Granny Liu enters the Rong Mansion twice, Jia Baoyu's mandarin duck sword Chapter 14: Jia Yuanchun's visit to his relatives, the illusion shows the foolish man Jia Baoyu's illness to mend the golden fur coat of the sparrow Chapter 15: Wang Xifeng's Poisonous Lovesickness Game Chapter 16: Lin Daiyu Throwing Items Xue Baochai Shame Red Candle Chapter 17: Shi Xiangyun Drunk on the Battlefield, Lord Grim, Wang Xifeng Havoc in Ningguo Mansion Chapter 18: Grandmother Jia's Spring Evening Feast at the Grand View Garden, Jia Baoyu's Willow Cow Ci Chapter 19: Wang Xifeng, Wang Xifeng, Jia Baoyu, Lin Daiyu, Across the Belly Granny Liu enters the Rong Mansion twice, Jia Baoyu's mandarin duck sword Chapter 21: Jia Yuanchun's Dream of the West Chamber Chapter 22: Wang Xifeng, Wang Xifeng's Poisonous Lovesickness Game, Jia Baoyu, Lin Daiyu, Buried Flower Soul Granny Liu enters the Rong Mansion three times with Jia Baoyu's mandarin duck sword Chapter Twenty-four: Grandmother Jia's Spring Evening Feast at the Grand View Garden, Jia Baoyu's Willow Cow Ci Chapter 25: Wang Xifeng, Wang Xifeng, Jia Baoyu, Lin Daiyu, Buried Flower Soul Chapter 26: Shi Xiangyun Drunk on the Battlefield, Don't Laugh at Jia Baoyu, Lin Daiyu, Dream of the West Chamber Granny Liu enters the Rong Mansion three times with Jia Baoyu's mandarin duck sword Chapter Twenty-Eight: Grandmother Jia's Spring Evening Feast at the Grand View Garden, Jia Baoyu's Willow Cow Ci Chapter 29: Wang Xifeng, Wang Xifeng's Poisonous Lovesickness Game, Jia Baoyu, Lin Daiyu, Buried Flower Soul Granny Liu enters Rong Mansion four times, Jia Baoyu's mandarin duck sword Chapter 31: Jia Yuanchun's Dream of the West Chamber Chapter 32: Wang Xifeng, Wang Xifeng's Poisonous Lovesickness Game, Jia Baoyu, Lin Daiyu, Buried Flower Soul Granny Liu enters the Rong Mansion five times with Jia Baoyu's mandarin duck sword Chapter 34: Grandmother Jia's Spring Evening Feast at the Grand View Garden, Jia Baoyu's Willow Cow Ci Chapter 35: Wang Xifeng, Wang Xifeng's Poisonous Lovesickness Game, Jia Baoyu, Lin Daiyu, Buried Flower Soul Granny Liu enters Rong Mansion six times with Jia Baoyu's mandarin duck sword Chapter 37: Jia Yuanchun's Dream of the West Chamber Chapter 38: Wang Xifeng, Wang Xifeng's Poisonous Lovesickness Game, Jia Baoyu, Lin Daiyu, Buried Flower Soul Granny Liu's Seven Enters the Rong Mansion, Jia Baoyu's Mandarin Duck Sword Chapter 40: Grandmother Jia's Spring Evening Feast at the Grand View Garden, Jia Baoyu's Willow Cow Ci Wang Xifeng, Wang Xifeng's Poisonous Lovesickness Game, Jia Baoyu, Lin Daiyu Buried the Flower Soul Granny Liu enters the Rong Mansion eight times, Jia Baoyu's mandarin duck sword Chapter 43: Jia Yuanchun's Dream of the West Chamber Wang Xifeng, Wang Xifeng's Poisonous Lovesickness Game, Jia Baoyu, Lin Daiyu Buried the Flower Soul Granny Liu enters Rong Mansion nine times, Jia Baoyu's mandarin duck sword Chapter 46: Grandmother Jia's Spring Evening Feast at the Grand View Garden, Jia Baoyu's Willow Song Wang Xifeng, Wang Xifeng's Poisonous Lovesickness Game, Jia Baoyu, Lin Daiyu Buried Flower Soul Granny Liu enters the Rong Mansion ten times with Jia Baoyu's mandarin duck sword Chapter 49: Jia Yuanchun's Dream of the West Chamber Wang Xifeng, Wang Xifeng's Poisonous Lovesickness Game, Jia Baoyu, Lin Daiyu Buried the Flower Soul Granny Liu enters the Rong Mansion on the 10th, Jia Baoyu's Mandarin Duck Sword Chapter Fifty-Two: Grandmother Jia's Spring Evening Feast in Grand View Garden, Jia Baoyu's Willow Song Chapter 53: Wang Xifeng, Wang Xifeng, Poisonous Lovesickness, Jia Baoyu, Lin Daiyu, Buried Flower Soul Granny Liu enters the Rong Mansion at the age of twenty, Jia Baoyu's mandarin duck sword Chapter 55: Jia Yuanchun's Dream of the West Chamber Wang Xifeng, Wang Xifeng's Poisonous Lovesickness Game, Jia Baoyu, Lin Daiyu Buried the Flower Soul Granny Liu enters the Rong Mansion at the age of 30 - 20. Jia Baoyu's mandarin duck sword Chapter 58: Jia Yuanchun's Dream of the West Chamber Chapter 59: Wang Xifeng, Wang Xifeng, Poisonous Lovesickness, Jia Baoyu, Lin Daiyu, Buried Flower Soul Granny Liu enters the Rong Mansion on the 4th and 30th. Jia Baoyu's Mandarin Duck Sword Chapter 61: Jia Yuanchun visited his relatives and showed his foolish husband in the illusion of Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu's dream of the West Chamber Chapter 62: Wang Xifeng, Wang Xifeng, poison, lovesickness, Jia Baoyu, Lin Daiyu, burying the soul of flowers Chapter 64: Granny Liu entered the Rong Mansion in 64/10, Jia Baoyu's mandarin duck sword Jia Yuanchun visited his relatives and showed his foolish husband in the illusion of Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu's dream of the West Chamber Wang Xifeng, Wang Xifeng, poison, lovesickness, Jia Baoyu, Lin Daiyu, burying the soul of flowers Granny Liu entered the Rong Mansion in her seventies and sixties. Jia Baoyu's Mandarin Duck Sword Chapter 68: Jia Yuanchun visited his relatives and showed his foolish husband in the illusion of Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu's dream of the West Chamber Chapter 69: Wang Xifeng, Wang Xifeng, poison, lovesickness, Jia Baoyu, Lin Daiyu, burying the soul of flowers Granny Liu enters the Rong Mansion in her eighties or seventies. Jia Baoyu's Mandarin Duck Sword Jia Yuanchun visited his relatives and showed his foolish husband in the illusion. Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu dreamed of the Western Chamber. Chapter 72: Wang Xifeng, Wang Xifeng, poison, lovesickness, Jia Baoyu, Lin Daiyu, burying the soul of flowers Chapter 73: Granny Liu enters the Rong Mansion in her nineties and eighties, Jia Baoyu's mandarin duck sword Chapter 72: Jia Yuanchun visited his relatives and showed his foolish husband the illusion of Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu's dream of the Western Chamber Chapter 725: Wang Xifeng Wang Xifeng poison lovesickness game Jia Baoyu Lin Daiyu buried flower soul Chapter 726: Granny Liu enters Rong Mansion at the age of 18 and 10, Jia Baoyu's mandarin duck sword Chapter 72: Jia Yuanchun visited his relatives and showed his foolish husband the illusion of Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu's dream of the Western Chamber Chapter 728: Wang Xifeng Wang Xifeng poison lovesickness game Jia Baoyu Lin Daiyu buried flower soul Granny Liu entered the Rong Mansion on the 19th and 10th, Jia Baoyu's mandarin duck sword Chapter 80: Jia Yuanchun visited his relatives and showed his foolish husband in the illusion. Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu dreamed of the West Chamber.

How about 'My Journey: A Personal Chronicle'? It gives a clear sense of a personal story being a journey through life. Another could be 'The Unwritten Chapters of My Life' which implies there are stories yet to be told. And 'Personal Reflections: My Story So Far' also works well as it shows it's a collection of personal thoughts and experiences.

The origin of chapter titles in novels after the Ming Dynasty could be traced back to the plot of Lin Chong beating Instructor Hong in the novel Water Margins. In the novel, Lin Chong met Instructor Hong at Liangshan Lake and Instructor Hong taught Lin Chong his martial arts. In order to highlight Chong Lin's martial arts skills and image, the author of the novel set up many chapters in the novel. Each chapter introduced the battle between Chong Lin and Instructor Hong to show Chong Lin's martial arts skills and personality. Later on, this form of chapter novels gradually spread and became one of the basic forms of modern chapter novels. In chapter novels, the title of each chapter usually included the title, the author's name, the main body, and the rhyme of the chapter to help readers better understand the plot and characters.

It depends. Sometimes chapter titles can provide a clear overview and help readers navigate the content. But in some cases, they might not be necessary if the flow of the text is intuitive.

You should make chapter titles clear and catchy. Use descriptive words or phrases that hint at the main events or themes of the chapter.

"The Text of Rebirth to Change Fate" has a chapter named 'Number', and the chapters that do not have descriptions are all repeated."I was a Great Sage in a Past Life" has the protagonist resurrected from the dead, and the chapter is named' Number'. The author of "I Really Don't Want to Be a Star" clarified at the end that the name of the heroine was too romantic because of a mistake in the setting. These are the novels that I recommend with very distinctive chapter names. I hope you will like my recommendations. Muah ~😗

Having chapter titles can be beneficial. It gives readers a quick preview of what to expect and makes it easier for them to reference specific parts. However, it can also be a bit restrictive if you struggle to come up with catchy titles.