Why Aren't Smaller Chapters Named?

[Juliana]

I honestly don't think it matters one way or the other. If you like naming them, go for it, no matter the size. If you don't, then don't.

Mine are reasonably small (6 or 7 pages) and as I'm using multiple POV I do the GRRM thing and use the POV character name as chapter heading. (Rick Riordan uses this for his Heroes of Olympus YA series too; I find it helpful both as a reader and as a writer, to remind myself whose head I'm supposed to be in!)

 

[Wo7f]

I name my chapters. I'm guessing that perhaps the no titled chapters still pertain to the chapter title previous? I've never seen it done before, but apparently it happens.

 

[sozme]

By no means; it dates back a very long time indeed, and can be seen in a great deal of classical literature. It depends on the author's preference and the original venue in which a work appeared (e.g., pulps and other serialized forms often used these as an additional method of catching a reader's eye, somewhat analogous to "cliff-hanger" endings). It largely depends on what one is trying to do with the work, and whether or not such titles add to the overall effect one is attempting to achieve....

I like the idea of naming chapters. I loved how JK Rowling did it in H.P., but I guess that is something I see a lot more in kids fiction (even though she said she didn't necessarily write it for kids).