![]() Novels, it seemed, did not have to be ‘real’ in order to engage their reader – indeed, one of their appeals was that they allowed readers to escape.īy the early nineteenth century, then, the modern novel was fairly on its way. In 1816, Mary Shelley took novel writing in different directions with Frankenstein, effectively a foray into science fiction. She could only imagine however, at last, that she drew his notice because there was a something about her more wrong and reprehensible, according to his ideas of right, than in any other person present…” (Pride and Prejudice, 1813)īut that was perfectly acceptable in that age Austen was a great novelist, a great story teller, and we can but lament at the way her premature death cut short her career. #FEEDBACK ON WRITEITNOW 5 HOW TO#“She hardly knew how to suppose that she could be an object of admiration to so great man and yet that he should look at her because he disliked her was still more strange. By modern standards Austen’s style was pompous, even clunky. Check this out: ![]() In her classic Pride and Prejudice (1813) the main emotion was – well, pride. But certainly she helped shape it. Specifically, she found new ways of engaging reader emotion – she created interesting characters and set them to interact on a stage identifiable to the audience. So did Jane Austen – she, in fact, is often regarded as the inventor of the novel in its modern form. Jonathan Swift had something to do with it. So where did the ‘novel’ come from? The form we know and love today emerged in the late eighteenth century. The only billionaire author, and most of its millionaires, are novellists. But it’s true about a lot of the books that are written these days – and certainly that’s true of the books being self-published on Amazon.įiction is also where the money is. Most ‘how to write’ training today is geared towards fiction, and I’ve noticed that a lot of online discussion is predicated on the assumption that any book being written will, by default, be a novel. I was trained in it myself, way back when. Public domain, from Jane_Austen_coloured_įiction, and particularly novel writing, is the writing that attracts the most interest. ![]() ![]() Today we’re starting a detailed look at one of the most popular forms of writing – fiction. #FEEDBACK ON WRITEITNOW 5 SERIES#In this series we’ve been exploring writing in all its forms. ![]()
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