CONTENTS

The Hidden Machinery:

Writing the Life, Shaping the Novel

Mrs. Turpin Reads the Stars:

Creating Characters Who Walk off the Page

Nothing but Himself:

Embracing Jane Austen’s Second Chances

Hush, Shut Up, Please Be Quiet:

Letting Our Characters Tell and Show

Even One Day:

Considering Aesthetics with Virginia Woolf

Neither a Borrower nor a Lender Be:

Paying Homage

Gustave and Emma:

Finding the First Novel

How to Tell a True Story:

Mapping Our Narratives onto the World

Shakespeare for Writers:

Learning from the Master

He Liked Custard:

Navigating the Shoals of Research