I'm assuming many people may have an opinion on this (although I am prepared to see my assumption turn out to be wrong; maybe many will say they never thought about this and that it is a weird thing to think about).
If a book is divided into parts, shouldn't each part see the first chapter start at 1? As in:
Part One
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Part Two
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
I don't have my books in front of me, so maybe I am wrong about this specific example, but I believe some King tomes like It use the following structure:
Part One
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Part Two
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Then there is something like The Stand, which never restarts to Chapter 1 even though its parts are labelled as Books. That really bugs me, especially since I believe The Tommyknockers and one of the Dark Tower books resets the number (assuming I am recalling this correctly).
Obviously not an important issue, but I am curious which style people here prefer.
If a book is divided into parts, shouldn't each part see the first chapter start at 1? As in:
Part One
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Part Two
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
I don't have my books in front of me, so maybe I am wrong about this specific example, but I believe some King tomes like It use the following structure:
Part One
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Part Two
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Then there is something like The Stand, which never restarts to Chapter 1 even though its parts are labelled as Books. That really bugs me, especially since I believe The Tommyknockers and one of the Dark Tower books resets the number (assuming I am recalling this correctly).
Obviously not an important issue, but I am curious which style people here prefer.