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Post by WriterGirl on Sept 15, 2014 17:14:21 GMT 10
I'm currently in this debate with my own book. So I was wondering what other people's preferences are.
Numbers or names? Which do you prefer? Whether it's reading or writing.
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natlockholmes
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Publication history: ‘Bower’ in Showcase, July 2012; ‘Fold’ in in.tense, October 2012; ‘Dustflakes’ in Writing from Below, December 2013; ‘Take me swimming’ in Ricochet Magazine, May 2014; ‘All Talk and No Trousers’ in Social Alternatives (pending).
Preferred Field of Writing: Short Stories
A most loved book: is often found on my bookshelf or in my Kindle.
A most loved author: is within you.
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Post by natlockholmes on Nov 11, 2014 7:56:21 GMT 10
Personally, I appreciate both, but I currently prefer it when chapters are named. I feel the title of a piece is just as important as its body. Just like literary devices, you can use a title to create foreshadowing, set up the mood/tone of a piece, reiterate the central theme, or even set up the narrative to go in a certain direction, only to smash it back the other way in the body. Plus, titles seem to have a more "personalised" feeling than numbers, which sometimes feel cold/clinical to me.
... then again, I can see how numbers could be used in a similar way to what I've outlined above for names, especially in terms of structuring a non-linear narrative. For instance, you could have a novel with the chapters in a certain order, then jumble them up, e.g. odd/even numbers, a certain pattern, etc.
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Post by mari01 on Aug 30, 2017 22:02:10 GMT 10
A number is a mathematical object used to count, measure, and label. The original examples are the natural numbers 1, 2, 3, 4 and so forth. A notational symbol that represents a number is called a numeral.
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