An Extra Chapter?
I sometimes wonder whether Jane Austen had any extra chapters that she decided to omit from her novels. Perhaps all authors have something to add?
I am thinking of writing an “extra chapter” for one of my novels. I have quite a compact writing style, so in my book “Sophie’s Salvation” there is a swift transition in the last chapter to the final scene in Bath Abbey. I keep composing the extra chapter in my head, so I really should write it down!
Is there anyone out there who has extra/missing chapters? Perhaps there is a book to be made out of that?
I am thinking of writing an “extra chapter” for one of my novels. I have quite a compact writing style, so in my book “Sophie’s Salvation” there is a swift transition in the last chapter to the final scene in Bath Abbey. I keep composing the extra chapter in my head, so I really should write it down!
Is there anyone out there who has extra/missing chapters? Perhaps there is a book to be made out of that?
Published on June 10, 2015 03:45
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Darcy and the accidental author
News from Janet, for whom everything began with not knowing Mr Darcy's Story.
Let us go back to the beginning of my journey as an accidental author – a Sunday evening in Bath in the autumn of 1995. Wit News from Janet, for whom everything began with not knowing Mr Darcy's Story.
Let us go back to the beginning of my journey as an accidental author – a Sunday evening in Bath in the autumn of 1995. With more than 10 million other people in the UK, we were watching episode five of the BBC serial of P&P.
My second daughter was staying with us for the weekend, a break from working in London, and she commented that she wished that she could read Darcy’s side of the story, since Jane Austen had not said much about that in her novel.
I had not read the book for many years, and was surprised, and later in the week I bought an inexpensive copy of P&P from our local book shop, and highlighted the passages in which Darcy was present. I found that she was quite correct.
Having just finished a lengthy and rather boring task at work, I sat down and wrote two chapters of the story from the hero’s point of view.
...more
Let us go back to the beginning of my journey as an accidental author – a Sunday evening in Bath in the autumn of 1995. Wit News from Janet, for whom everything began with not knowing Mr Darcy's Story.
Let us go back to the beginning of my journey as an accidental author – a Sunday evening in Bath in the autumn of 1995. With more than 10 million other people in the UK, we were watching episode five of the BBC serial of P&P.
My second daughter was staying with us for the weekend, a break from working in London, and she commented that she wished that she could read Darcy’s side of the story, since Jane Austen had not said much about that in her novel.
I had not read the book for many years, and was surprised, and later in the week I bought an inexpensive copy of P&P from our local book shop, and highlighted the passages in which Darcy was present. I found that she was quite correct.
Having just finished a lengthy and rather boring task at work, I sat down and wrote two chapters of the story from the hero’s point of view.
...more
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