INDEX

Aristotle here

Arthur Fitz-Albini (Egerton Brydges) here

Austen, Caroline (niece) here, here

Austen, Cassandra Elizabeth (sister)

asked to check on whether Northamptonshire was
a county of hedgerows
here

aware of Jane’s literary ambition here, here

changes a word in one of Jane’s poems here

destroys some of Jane’s letters here, here

dislike of desultory novels
here

engagement of here

enjoyment of music here

as friend and supporter of her sister here

hears about Jane’s hairdressing experience here

hears about Jane’s unlikely book-reading here

helps Jane with domestic chores here

helps to look after her widowed mother here

Jane’s comments on infelicities and repetitions here

learns about her sailor brothers here

learns of her fiancé’s death here, here

learns little details about Chawton here

lives at Chawton here

receives unkind letters from Jane here, here

sends lock of Jane’s hair to Anne Sharp here

shopping trips here

Austen, Cassandra Leigh (mother) here, here, here, here, here, here, here

Austen, Admiral Charles
John (brother) here,
here

Austen, Edward (brother) here, here, here, here, here

Austen, Frances Palmer ‘Fanny’ (sister-in-law) here

Austen, Admiral Frances
William ‘Frank’ (brother) here, here, here, here, here, here

Austen, Francis William (nephew) here, here

Austen, Revd George (father) here, here, here, here, here

Austen, Revd Henry Thomas (brother) here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here

Austen, Revd James (brother) here, here, here, here

Austen, James Edward (nephew) here, here

Austen, Jane

death of her father here

enjoyment of life here

first foray into print here

friendships here, here

literary ambitions here

love of music and reading here, here, here

portrait of here

prospects of marriage here, here, here, here, here

shopping for clothes and fabrics here

straightened circumstances here

unpleasant remarks here

writes rhymes and poems here

Austen, Mary Gibson (sister-in-law) here

Austen, Mary Lloyd (sister-in-law) here

Bath here, here, here, here, here

‘The Beautiful Cassandra’ (Austen) here, here

Bigg-Wither, Harris here, here

Biggs family here

Blackall, Revd Samuel here, here

Blyton, Enid here

Box Hill, Surrey here

Boxes’ (Carver) here

Brydges, Sir Samuel Egerton
here

Cadell and Davis (publishers) here

Carlton House here

Carver, Raymond here

Catharine or The Bower (Austen) here

characters here

animals here, here

autobiographies of here

bad people doing good things here

children here

clothes here

demonstrating heroics here

exercises here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here

eyes here

finding here

heroes and heroines here, here, here, here

introducing here

keep them longing, waiting, struggling here

knowing here

minor characters here

in private space here

revealing through journeys here

ways of introducing here

web of relationships here

what has been lost/what is at stake here

writer as sadist here

Chawton Book Society here

Chawton, Hampshire here

Chawton House Library, Hampshire here

Chute family here

Cinderella (fairy tale) here, here

Clarke, James Stanier here, here

Cooper, Edward here

Cooper, Jane (cousin) here

The Creative Writing Coursebook (Duncker) here

Crosby & Co (publishers) here, here, here, here

devices see techniques and devices

dialogue here

action and misunderstanding here

bullying and confrontation here

difference and length of speech here

distinctive here

exercises here, here

how much and how little
here

integration with actions and gestures here

invisible conversations here

mood shifting here

pauses here

as revealing here

significant conversations
here

sparkling here

stage directions here

Dr Who (TV character) here

Dunbar, Robin here

Duncker, Patricia here

ekphrasis here

Elinor and Marianne (Austen) here, here

Emma (Austen) here, here

characters here, here, here

control over time in here

dialogue in here, here, here, here

food in here

food in here

journeys in here, here, here

opening of here

picking strawberries here

planning a novel here, here, here

point of view here

settings here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here

Emma (film) here

Enthusiasm (Anna Austen Lefroy) here

‘Essay on the Military Police and Institutions of the British Empire’ (Pasley) here

experimenting

and concision here

with form here, here

genre and subject matter
here

with language and style
here

openings and ways of introducing characters here

Famous Five books (Blyton) here

Ferris, Joshua here

Feuillide, Eliza de (cousin) here, here, here

First Impressions (Austen) here, here, here, here

flash fictions here

food and meals here

and character here

exercises here, here, here, here

picnics here

in place and time here

symbolic food here

ways of getting everybody onstage here

Fowle, Thomas here

Freely, Maureen here

Godmersham Park, Kent here, here, here

Grahame, Kenneth here

Great Bookham, Surrey here

Groundhog Day (film) here

Guardian newspaper here

Hamid, Mohsin here

Hampshire Museums Collection here

Happy Birthday and All That (Smith) here

Henry and Eliza (Austen) here

How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia (Hamid) here

Hubback, Edith here

Ireland here

Jane Austen’s House Museum, Chawton (Hants) here, here, here, here, here

Jane Austen’s Textual Lives (Sutherland) here

journeys here

arrival here, here, here

creating places here

embarking on here

exercises here, here, here, here, here

journey itself here

as key moments here

location of here

and plotting here

King Lear (Shakespeare) here

Knight, Elizabeth Bridges (sister-in-law) here, here, here

Knight, Fanny (niece) here

Lady Susan (Austen) here, here, here, here, here

Lefroy, Anna Austen (niece) here, here, here

Lefroy, Mrs here, here, here, here

Lefroy, Tom here, here

Les Liaisons dangereuses (Pierre Choderlos de Laclos) here

Little Women (Louisa May Alcott) here

Lloyd, Martha here, here, here, here, here, here

location see settings

Loiterer magazine here, here

London here

Love and Freindship (Austen) here, here, here

Lyme Regis, Dorset here

M.A.D. letter (Austen) here

Mansfield Park (Austen) here, here

characters here, here, here, here, here, here

dialogue in here, here,
here

ending of here

food in here

journeys in here, here, here

opening of here

planning a novel here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here

secrets and suspense in here

settings here, here, here

meals see food and meals

Moore, Inga here

Moore, Lorrie here

narrative, narration see point of view

Northanger Abbey (Austen) here, here, here, here, here, here

characters here, here, here, here, here

in defence of novel-writing here

dialogue in here

irony in here

journeys in here, here, here

opening of here

planning a novel here

O’Brien, Tim here

O’Flynn, Catherine here

Pasley, Captain here

Persuasion (Austen) here, here, here, here, here

characters here, here, here, here

irony in here

journeys in here, here

planning a novel here, here

point of view here

secrets and suspense in here

settings here

significant conversations in here

what not to write here

Plan of a Novel according to hints from various quarters (Austen) here, here

planning here, here

balance here

central images here

characters here, here

cut and edit here, here, here

endings here

exercises here, here, here, here, here

get things right here

humour here

key scenes here

overwriting and clichés here

plotting here, here

read books here

real life incidents here

response to criticism here

scale of story here

setting in time and place here

subplots here

tips here

use what you know here

poems and rhymes here,
here

point of view here

characters’ eyes here

exercises here, here, here

experimentation with narration here

free indirect narration or discourse here

narrative as quest here

Pride and Prejudice (Austen) here, here, here, here, here

characters here, here, here, here, here

dialogue in here, here

food in here, here, here

journeys in here, here, here, here, here

marriage in here

opening of here

planning here, here, here, here

point of view here

progressing the plot with minimum words here

secrets and suspense in here, here, here

settings here, here

slowing things down in here

Prince Regent (later George IV) here, here

Ransley, Dr Joan here

Sanditon (Austen) here, here, here, here, here

secrets and suspense

backstories here

heroines and heroes should make mistakes here

irony, drama and revelations here

keep characters longing, waiting, struggling here

method here

reflections and parallels here

subplots here

untangling and ending here

watertight plot here

when things can’t get any worse here

Self-Help (Moore) here

Sense and Sensibility (Austen) here, here, here, here, here, here, here

characters here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here

dialogue in here, here,
here

irony in here

journeys in here, here, here

opening of here

planning here, here, here

secrets and suspense in here, here, here, here, here

settings here

slowing things down in here

Serial Mom (film) here

settings

balls here

boundaries and containment here

creating places here, here

exercises here, here, here, here, here, here, here

finding locations here, here

lighting your story here

outsiders, outlaws, crossing boundaries here

panoramas, long shots, interiors, details here

private, shared, public spaces here

rooms here

rules, codes, traditions here

seaside here

strangers coming to town here

in time and place here

village allusion here, here, here

weddings here

Sharp, Anne here

Six Dinner Sid (Moore) here

Southampton here, here, here

Steele, Nancy here

Steventon Rectory, Hampshire here, here, here, here

Susan (Austen) here

suspense see secrets and suspense

Sutherland, Kathryn here

Sutton, Josh here

techniques and devices

dialogue to progress plot
here

exercises here, here, here, here, here

handling time here

irony here

speeding things up here

Then We Came to the End (Ferris) here

The Things They Carried’ (O’Brien) here

Volume the First (Austen) here, here

Volume the Second (Austen) here

Volume the Third (Austen) here

Vonnegut, Kurt here, here

The Vyne, Hampshire here

Walter, Phylly (cousin) here

The Watsons (Austen) here, here, here, here

West, Rebecca here

What Was Lost (O’Flynn) here

Which One Is the Heroine? (Anna Austen Lefroy) here

The Wind in the Willows (Grahame) here

writing

accept one cannot write all the time here

be a perfectionist here

be prepared for things to take a long time here

be true to yourself here, here

capturing moments here

defence of the novel here

don’t become stagnant here

enter a spiritual domain here

exercises here, here, here, here, here

experiment with language, style, form here

find suitable place for work and creativity here

find supporters and friends here

first foray here

force yourself to work here

get feedback here

have fun here

keep reading new things
here

limber up and remain flexible here

make sure people understand your compulsion here

marry for the right reasons here

no effort or experiment is wasted here

observe, plan, take notes here

starting small here

using letters or diaries here

what not to write here