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Old 01-31-2014, 09:36 AM   #1
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Chapter titles for Heart of Rock
Heart of Rock is three interconnected stories - while they're set up as chapters, they can each be read separately.

Chapter 1 is called The Nightmares, and tells about how the gargoyles were created to drive off the Nightmares that were threatening a city of wizards. The Heart of Rock is the magic amulet that brings the gargoyles to life.

Chapter 2 is called The Tests, and tells about a distant kingdom, a few hundred years later, that is being invaded by another kingdom out for the riches found in the mountains of the first kingdom. Three heroes set out to find the HoR, but only one passes the tests needed to find it and bring it home to save his kingdom.

Chapter 3 needs a title. It tells about the Gargoyle king, who sets out to regain the amulet, which is what allows the Gargoyles to live.

I had been calling Chapter 3 Heart of Rock, but that's also the name of the book, and I don't want to use the name twice.

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Old 01-31-2014, 10:02 AM   #2
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How about ... Chapter 3: The Gargoyle King
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Old 01-31-2014, 11:21 AM   #3
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How about, Chapter 3: Heart of life or Chapter 3: Life for the Gargoyles? as a possibility.
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Old 01-31-2014, 04:30 PM   #4
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I had been calling Chapter 3 Heart of Rock, but that's also the name of the book, and I don't want to use the name twice.

any suggestions?
"The Gargoyle, the Gold Rock and Everything!"
Kidding.

I think "Heart of Rock" is the best way to go. It's a good title for the third part, and also using it twice is a good way to tie the package together. That is why albums usually have title tracks, after all. Hardly a radical idea.

If you're dead set against it, I'll probably have to re-read the third part in isolation to come up with an idea that stands well for it alone. I'll get back to you....
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How about ... Chapter 3: The Gargoyle King
If not Heart of Rock, then this.
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If not Heart of Rock, then this.
Ah but then you are running into the problem area that Tolkien found when he named his 3rd LOTR book "The Return of the King." He always felt it gave too much of the story away.
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"The Gargoyle King" doesn't actually say what becomes of the King, it might be the tale of his demise for all that the phrase gives away.

Or perhaps, more in line with the previous titles and potentially neatly ambiguous, would simply be a title of "The King". Along similar lines you could try "The Amulet".

Otherwise, I'm with ApK on this one, I don't have a problem with having a title chapter match the book title, particularly when it's the conclusion to the related stories.
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what about "the two kings"? since the climax is where the two kings meet face to face over the Heart of Rock.
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Old 02-02-2014, 02:26 AM   #10
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what about "the two kings"? since the climax is where the two kings meet face to face over the Heart of Rock.
Or how about just "The Kings". That matches the style of the previous two chapters (which I always like, but then they have words for people like me ).
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Or something like "set in stone." since it is a book about a race of beings made of stone.
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Ah but then you are running into the problem area that Tolkien found when he named his 3rd LOTR book "The Return of the King." He always felt it gave too much of the story away.
He didn't name it - his publisher did. That's why Tolkien didn't like it.
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He didn't name it - his publisher did. That's why Tolkien didn't like it.
Ok, that I didn't know (or at least remember). But the title does suggest the main thrust of the book I think. Above and beyond the need to destroy the ring (which needed to happen before the king could return). Of course when he was writing the 1st book I understand he didn't know who this character Strider was at first either. I find it interesting to read accounts of how some very good books came to be written how they were. Shows a bit of the process to those of us who hope to follow in their footsteps.
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