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Build chapter headings from 42 image-word seeds and 21 patterns. Filter by genre, tone, and the beat of the scene. Keep the title short for a phone table of contents, or use a longer In which line when the book announces its chapters.
For the name of the whole book, use the Story Title Generator. For a fic's work title, use the Fanfiction Title Generator. More tools are in Writing & Fandom.
Last updated: October 12, 2026 · Published: 2026-04-27 · Updated: 2026-10-12
Leave blank for the title alone. A number formats the line as Chapter N.
Exact matches for All genres, All tones, and All beats: 42.
Set filters, an optional chapter number, and generate
A chapter title is the line at the top of a chapter and in the table of contents. Some books use only a number. Jane Austen's novels do. Some name the event. J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit (1937) does, with headings such as An Unexpected Party. Some name the viewpoint, as George R.R. Martin does in A Song of Ice and Fire. This generator writes a fourth kind: an image phrase built from three words and a pattern.
The pool has 42seeds. Glass, Crown, and Breaks is one of them, tagged fantasy, tense, and plot turn. The short pattern "The {a} {b}" turns it into The Glass Crown. There are 21 patterns in all: 8 short, cut at 5 words; 8medium, cut at 9, including an In which line in the manner of eighteenth-century headings such as those in Henry Fielding's Tom Jones (1749); and 5 long sentences left whole. A number from 1 to 999 can stand in front as Chapter N.
Ten genres, six tones, and five beats can be combined on the buttons. The pool does not contain a seed for every combination. When yours is empty, the note says so and shows a wider set. The heading still has to be edited: swap a word for something that is actually in the chapter, and take out anything the contents page should not reveal.
Three steps from a scene type to a line you can paste into a contents list.
Pick a genre, a tone, and a beat. The note under the buttons is the exact seed count. If it says the triple is empty, you are seeing a wider pool.
Short stops at 5 words, from 8 patterns. Medium stops at 9, from 8, including an In which shape. Long keeps one of 5 full sentences. Use the same length for every chapter in one book.
Leave the number blank for a title-only contents page. Enter 1–999 to preview Chapter N. Then read the line for a spoiler before you paste it into the manuscript.
The heading, the tags that produced it, and one editing reminder.
A pattern filled with the seed's three words, then cut to the length you chose. Optional Chapter N sits in front.
The shelf, the voice, and the scene job. 10 genres, 6 tones, 5 beats.
One reminder about spoilers, length, or matching the heading to the scene. It changes from result to result.
{a}, {b}, and {c}are the seed's three words. Short results keep the first 5 words. Medium results keep the first 9. Long results keep the sentence.
| Length | Pattern | Filled with Glass, Crown, Breaks |
|---|---|---|
| Short | After the {a} | After the Glass |
| Short | The {a} {b} | The Glass Crown |
| Short | {a} in {b} | Glass in Crown |
| Short | {a} and {b} | Glass and Crown |
| Short | Nothing but {a} | Nothing but Glass |
| Short | The {b} {a} | The Crown Glass |
| Short | {b} at the {a} | Crown at the Glass |
| Short | A Short {a} | A Short Glass |
| Medium | In Which the {a} and the {b} Collide | In Which the Glass and the Crown Collide |
| Medium | The Night the {a} Became the {b} | The Night the Glass Became the Crown |
| Medium | When the {a} {c} and the {b} Watched | When the Glass Breaks and the Crown Watched |
| Medium | Under a {a} {b}, the World {c} | Under a Glass Crown, the World Breaks |
| Medium | What the {a} Took from the {b} | What the Glass Took from the Crown |
| Medium | The {a} of {b} and the {c} After | The Glass of Crown and the Breaks After |
| Medium | A Brief History of {a} in {b} | A Brief History of Glass in Crown |
| Medium | The Last Honest {a} for {b} | The Last Honest Glass for Crown |
| Long | In the {a} Where the {b} Learned to {c} Without a Witness | In the Glass Where the Crown Learned to Breaks Without a Witness |
| Long | Beneath the {a} and the Shadow of the {b} | Beneath the Glass and the Shadow of the Crown |
| Long | The Chapter Where {a} Met {b} and the {c} Finally Made Sense | The Chapter Where Glass Met Crown and the Breaks Finally Made Sense |
| Long | If You Listen at the {a} Door, the {b} Tells the Truth in {c} | If You Listen at the Glass Door, the Crown Tells the Truth in Breaks |
| Long | A Morning of {a}, an Afternoon of {b}, a Night of {c} | A Morning of Glass, an Afternoon of Crown, a Night of Breaks |
The sample title uses the short pattern "The {a} {b}". Generation may pick a different pattern.
| Sample title | Genre | Tone | Beat | Image words |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Civic Potluck | Contemporary | Witty | Relationship | Civic, Potluck, Dares |
| The Fifth Neighbor | Contemporary | Tender | Quiet | Fifth, Neighbor, Pies |
| The Group Chat | Contemporary | Dark | Plot turn | Group, Chat, Betrays |
| The Lease Signed | Contemporary | Tense | Action | Lease, Signed, Burns |
| The Ash Threshold | Fantasy | Dark | Quiet | Ash, Threshold, Hum |
| The Bones Song | Fantasy | Quiet | World & lore | Bones, Song, Returns |
| The Glass Crown | Fantasy | Tense | Plot turn | Glass, Crown, Breaks |
| The Magpie Duel | Fantasy | Witty | Relationship | Magpie, Duel, Flirts |
| The Singing Maps | Fantasy | Hopeful | World & lore | Singing, Maps, Wrong |
| The Candle Frost | Historical | Quiet | World & lore | Candle, Frost, Melt |
| The Imperial Winter | Historical | Dark | Plot turn | Imperial, Winter, Bites |
| The Silk Petition | Historical | Tense | Plot turn | Silk, Petition, Burns |
| The Crawling Hollow | Horror | Quiet | World & lore | Crawling, Hollow, Listens |
| The Hunger Family | Horror | Tender | Relationship | Hunger, Family, Sits |
| The Storm Teeth | Horror | Tense | Action | Storm, Teeth, Glint |
| The Third Floor | Horror | Dark | Quiet | Third, Floor, Breath |
| The Nameless Noon | Literary | Quiet | World & lore | Nameless, Noon, Drips |
| The Portrait Cinder | Literary | Tense | Action | Portrait, Cinder, Cracks |
| The Unsent Room | Literary | Tender | Relationship | Unsent, Room, Stays |
| The Winter Empty | Literary | Dark | Plot turn | Winter, Empty, Street |
| The Amber Crown | Mystery | Dark | World & lore | Amber, Crown, Crumbs |
| The Civic Club | Mystery | Witty | Plot turn | Civic, Club, Confesses |
| The Dust File | Mystery | Quiet | World & lore | Dust, File, Missing |
| The Key Borrowed | Mystery | Tense | Action | Key, Borrowed, Lies |
| The Lighthouse Puzzle | Mystery | Hopeful | Quiet | Lighthouse, Puzzle, Clicks |
| The Kitchen Second | Romance | Tender | Relationship | Kitchen, Second, Dance |
| The Letters Rained | Romance | Quiet | World & lore | Letters, Rained, Through |
| The Message Unread | Romance | Dark | Plot turn | Message, Unread, Hurts |
| The Rival Elevator | Romance | Witty | Quiet | Rival, Elevator, Kiss |
| The Runway Vows | Romance | Tense | Action | Runway, Vows, Break |
| The Breach Orbit | Sci-fi | Tense | Action | Breach, Orbit, Falls |
| The Echo Colony | Sci-fi | Hopeful | World & lore | Echo, Colony, Sings |
| The Fault Line | Sci-fi | Dark | Plot turn | Fault, Line, Opens |
| The Manual Warning | Sci-fi | Witty | Quiet | Manual, Warning, Blinks |
| The Luggage Wrong | Thriller | Witty | Action | Luggage, Wrong, Goes |
| The Protocol Red | Thriller | Dark | World & lore | Protocol, Red, Hour |
| The Safe House | Thriller | Dark | Plot turn | Safe, House, Gone |
| The Signal Last | Thriller | Tense | Action | Signal, Last, Floor |
| The Still Harbor | Thriller | Quiet | Quiet | Still, Harbor, Dawn |
| The Locker Truth | Young adult | Tense | Plot turn | Locker, Truth, Spills |
| The Science Partner | Young adult | Tender | Relationship | Science, Partner, Crushes |
| The Yearbook Ink | Young adult | Hopeful | Action | Yearbook, Ink, Runs |
Numbers, event titles, viewpoint names, and announcing headings are different traditions. This tool covers one of them.
The heading of one chapter, repeated in the table of contents. It can be a number, a name, an image, or a sentence. This generator writes image phrases from three words and a pattern.
An Arabic number, often printed as Chapter 7. This tool accepts 1–999 and prefixes it only when you type one. A blank field leaves the title alone.
A part is a larger division, such as Part One or Book II. A chapter sits inside a part. This tool names chapters. It does not name parts.
The list of headings in order. In print it is a page. In an ebook it is the navigation menu. Readers can open it before they read chapter 1, so a title that reveals the ending reveals it early.
A chapter heading that announces the contents, a habit of eighteenth-century novels such as Henry Fielding's Tom Jones (1749). This tool's medium list includes 'In Which the {a} and the {b} Collide.'
A heading that is the viewpoint character's name, as in George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire. This generator does not build those. Its seeds are image words such as Glass, Crown, and Breaks.
A short name for what the chapter does, as in J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit (1937), which uses titles such as An Unexpected Party. The short patterns here, such as 'The {a} {b}', aim at that kind of line.
Headings that are only Chapter I or Chapter 1, as in Jane Austen's novels. Use them when a descriptive title would spoil the scene or fight the book's tone. This tool is for the descriptive case.
Preface, contents, and similar pages before the story. Many trade books number that material in roman numerals and start the story at 1. A titled prologue can sit outside the Chapter 1 sequence.
On Archive of Our Own, each chapter can have its own title, separate from the work title, and the field can be left blank. Readers choose chapters from a dropdown. Wattpad chapters can carry titles too. Edit the image words to fit the fic before you paste.
Pick one scheme and stay with it from the first chapter to the last.
| Pair | First | Second |
|---|---|---|
| Chapter title and Book title | Chapter title. One heading inside the book, repeated dozens of times in one voice. | Book title. The single name on the cover or the AO3 work title. Use the Story Title Generator for that line. |
| Number only and Image title | Number only. Chapter 4, with no hint of the scene. Austen is the familiar case. | Image title. The Glass Crown, or Chapter 4 — The Glass Crown. The Hobbit is the familiar case for event titles. |
| Short and Long | Short. Up to 5 words, from 8 patterns. Easier in a phone table of contents. | Long. The full pattern, from 5 sentences. Closer to an announcing heading, and more likely to wrap. |
| Beat filter and Outline | Beat filter. A tag on the seed: plot turn, quiet, action, relationship, or world and lore. | Outline. Your scene list. The filter does not know which chapter is the midpoint. |
A contents page is a list. One odd length or one spoiler changes how the book feels before page one.
A number-only book does not need this tool. A title-only book leaves the number field blank. A mixed book uses Chapter N plus a short image, and it uses that mix on every chapter.
Many trade books paginate a preface in roman numerals and start the story at Arabic 1. A prologue with its own title does not have to become Chapter 1.
A lore chapter and a fight chapter should not share a voice by accident. Change the beat when the outline changes, and keep the length fixed.
Generate the run, copy it, and read it top to bottom. Cut any heading that gives away the turn. Swap one image word for a place or object that is actually in the chapter.
The Story Title Generator and the Novel Title Generator name the book. This page names the chapters under that book. On Archive of Our Own, the Fanfiction Title Generator is the closer match for the work title. Chapter headings from this tool go in the per-chapter field.
A useful order is the book title, then one chapter length, then a pass for spoilers, then the Book Blurb Generator for the jacket. The blurb sells the book. The contents page should not sell the ending.
What the generator on this page actually contains.
Three words each, from Glass / Crown / Breaks to Portrait / Cinder / Cracks.
8 short, 8 medium, 5 long.
Fantasy, Romance, Mystery, Thriller, Sci-fi, Horror, Historical, Contemporary, Literary, Young adult. Tones: Dark, Hopeful, Quiet, Tense, Witty, Tender. Beats: Plot turn, Quiet, Action, Relationship, World & lore.
The note names the wider pool when a genre, tone, and beat have no seed.
A number from 1 to 999, or a blank field for the title alone.
Up to 30 titles a run. No account, and nothing you generate is uploaded.
Patterns, beats, spoilers, ebook tables of contents, and how this differs from a book title.
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Back-cover copy once the contents page has a voice.
The beats a chapter title should point at without spoiling.
A scene when the heading is ready and the chapter is not.