| ISBN |
1408866048 |
| 9781408866047 |
| Dewey |
808.02 |
| Author |
Smith, Rebecca, 1966- author. |
| Title |
The Jane Austen writers' club : inspiration and advice from the world's best-loved novelist / Rebecca Smith ; illustrations by Sarah J Coleman. |
| Published |
[London] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2016. |
| Physical description |
xii, 336 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. |
| Note |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-328) and index. |
| Contents note |
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. |
| 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. |
| Subject |
Austen, Jane, -- 1775-1817 -- Quotations |
| Austen, Jane, -- 1775-1817 -- Criticism and interpretation |
| Austen, Jane, -- 1775-1817 -- Influence |
| Austen, Jane, -- 1775-1817 -- Technique |
| Fiction -- Technique |
| Creative writing |
| Romance fiction, English -- History and criticism |
| Authorship |
| Technique |
| Additional author |
Coleman, Sarah (Sarah Jane) illustrator. |
