Do you think it would work if I did it this way:
I could use the best for the chapter title. But for those chapters where I have 3 or 4 good possibilities, I could write “Tags:” under the title, like they do at the end of blog posts where they use various phrases to summarize or indicate what was in the post. And then write the other titles, but separated by commas. And not in capitals which the actual title would be.
The difference would be, in mine, the tags would be at the beginning of each chapter rather than at the end of a blog post.
An example [these aren’t quotes from what the hero says]:
CHAPTER ONE
WHAT’S A MAN GOTTA DO TO KILL HIMSELF?
Tags: Today I met the girl I’m going to marry, Deadly doings and heavenly hellfire, Too brash to live, too bold to die
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or would Teasers be a better word than Tags?
I’ve seen one blog where the word “label” was used.