The Jane Austen Writers' Club : inspiration and advice from the world's best-loved novelist / Rebecca Smith ; illustrations by Sarah J Coleman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smith, Rebecca, 1966- author.

Contributor:

Coleman, Sarah (Sarah Jane), illustrator.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Austen, Jane, 1775-1817--Technique.

Austen, Jane.

Austen, Jane, 1775-1817--Criticism and interpretation.

Austen, Jane, 1775-1817--Influence.

Austen, Jane, 1775-1817--Quotations.

Austen, Jane, 1775-1817.

Romance fiction, English--History and criticism.

Romance fiction, English.

Fiction--Technique.

Fiction.

Authorship.

Creative writing.

Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.).

Technique.

Criticism and interpretation.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Quotations.

Physical Description:

xii, 336 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm

Edition:

First U.S. edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Bloomsbury, 2016.

Summary:

"Pretty much anything anyone needs to know about writing can be learned from Jane Austen. While creative writing manuals tend to use examples from twentieth- and twenty-first-century writers, The Jane Austen Writers' Club is the first to look at the methods and devices used by the world's most beloved novelist. Austen was a creator of immortal characters and a pioneer in her use of language and point of view; her advice continues to be relevant two centuries after her death. Here Rebecca Smith examines the major aspects of writing fiction--plotting, characterization, openings and endings, dialogue, settings, and writing methods--sharing the advice Austen gave in letters to her aspiring novelist nieces and nephew, and providing many and varied exercises for writers to try, using examples from Austen's work, "--Amazon.com.

Contents:

Plan of a novel : planning, plotting and getting started

'Intricate characters are the most amusing' : creating and developing your characters

Building the village of your story : creating and utilizing your setting

A fine pair of eyes : point of view

Light, bright and sparkling : writing dialogue

Secrets and suspense : Jane Austen's recipe and method for a suspenseful novel

In Jane Austen's pocket : techniques and devices of the great author

'And what is fifty miles of good road?' : making use of journeys (and staying at home) in your work

'You know how interesting the purchase of a sponge-cake is to me' : using food and meals in your writing

Joints of mutton and doses of rhubarb : about the writing life, not food.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-328) and index.

ISBN:

1632865882

9781632865885

OCLC:

933590218