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
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
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
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
control over time in here
dialogue in here, here, here, here
food in here
food in 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
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
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
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
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
ending of here
food in here
opening of here
planning a novel here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here
secrets and suspense in 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
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
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
balance here
central images here
endings here
exercises here, here, here, here, here
get things right here
humour here
key scenes here
overwriting and clichés 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
point of view here
characters’ eyes 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
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
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
irony in here
opening of 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
exercises here, here, here, here, here, 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
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
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