[Tex/LaTex] How to add a page break after a chapter title

Question

I'd like to have a page that is mostly blank, but just shows the chapter number and the title, and maybe a small summary of the chapter, followed by white space… The actual sections will start on the following page. How can I accomplish this? Every search I've done yields people asking how to remove a page break.

I already know that the default for the book document class is to have a blank page before a new chapter starts, and I removed that because I don't want it. But how can I make the chapter name be the only thing on a page?

Answer 1

How about just issuing

\vspace*{\fill}\par
\pagebreak

immediately after \chapter{...}

Or, in the preamble you could redefine \chapter with something like

\usepackage{letltxmacro}
\LetLtxMacro{\oldchapter}{\chapter}
\renewcommand{\chapter}[2][]{\oldchapter[#1]{#2}\vspace{\fill}\par\pagebreak}