[Tex/LaTex] How to insert a paragraph before the chapter title

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I need to include several lines before the chapter title for some (not all) chapters. A new chapter always starts with a new page, how to realize the following layout for certain chapter while other chapters are normal?

                              header
-------------------------------------------------------------------
paragraph before the chapter title


Chapter 1 Introduction

   xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

-------------------------------------------------------------------
                              footer

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You can temporarily switch off the impact of a \clearpage - typically inserted when using \chapter:

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\documentclass{report}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\begin{document}
\chapter{A chapter}
\lipsum[1]

{
\cleardoublepage% Move to first page of new chapter
\let\clearpage\relax% Don't allow page break
\noindent\lipsum[2]

\chapter{Another chapter}
}
\lipsum[1]

\chapter{Final chapter}
\lipsum[1]
\end{document}

The above example would work in twoside mode as well.

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[Tex/LaTex] Writing several lines before chapter title

Use the epigraph package.

Edit:

To remove unwanted space use \beforeepigraphskip=0pt. Here is a minimal:

\documentclass{book}  \usepackage[papersize={200pt,270pt}]{geometry}
\usepackage{epigraph}
 \usepackage{titlesec} \titleformat{\chapter}{\Large\bfseries}{Ch. \thechapter}{0em}{} \titlespacing*{\chapter}{0pt}{0pt}{0pt}
 \begin{document} 
\chapter{abc}\beforeepigraphskip=0pt
\epigraphhead[20]{\epigraph{Paragraph an more writing}{a}}

% \tt % \meaning\epigraph \newpage abc \end{document}

Uncomment the \meaning\epigraph to see the macro for \epigraph. This method of debugging is normally quicker than reading through manuals for obvious situations like this.

[Tex/LaTex] Reducing/removing gap between header and custom chapter title

Reduce the spacing using the second mandatory argument of \titlespacing (currently you are declaring a spacing of 50pt); a complete example setting the second argument to 0pt (notice that reducing this space too much might not be desirable since the rule from the header and the one from the chapter heading might get too close):

\documentclass{report}
\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\usepackage{titlesec}
\usepackage{lipsum}

% Header/Footer 
\fancypagestyle{plain}{
  \fancyhf{}
  \fancyhead[L]{Name \texttt{<email@address>}}
  \fancyhead[R]{\leftmark}
  \fancyfoot[L]{Subject Name}
  \fancyfoot[R]{\thepage}
  \setlength{\headheight}{15.2pt}
  \setlength{\headsep}{6pt}
  \renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0.4pt}
  \renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0.4pt}
}

% Chapter Title formatting

\titleformat{\chapter}[display]
  {\normalfont\Huge \scshape}{\titlerule}{-28pt}{\thechapter\ \ \Huge}[\vspace{-2pt}\titlerule]
\titleformat{name=\chapter,numberless}[display]
  {\normalfont\Huge \scshape}{\titlerule}{-28pt}{\Huge}[\vspace{-2pt}\titlerule]
\titlespacing*{\chapter}{0pt}{0pt}{*2}

\pagestyle{plain}
\renewcommand{\chaptermark}[1]{\markboth{\thechapter.\ #1}{}}

\begin{document}

\chapter{Test Chapter}
\lipsum[1-30]

\end{document}

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