Charlotte Wood

Charlotte Wood talks about the writing craft and process behind her novel Stone Yard Devotional. Writing topics include creative process and inspiration, first drafts, novel structure, writing in fragments, point of view, narrative momentum, voice, description and writing at sentence level. 

Charlotte is such a beautiful writer but also a seasoned writer - she’s been to all the places you, as a writer, have been or are heading towards - and she generously shares all that wisdom. 

One of the things I love about Charlotte is her curiosity. She’s constantly exploring and expanding upon her own creative process and draws inspiration and motivation from all areas of the arts, not just books and writing.

You’ll find links to buy both paperback and ebook versions of Stone Yard Devotional by Charlotte Wood here.

REFERENCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE

Subtraction - Charlotte Wood’s newsletter

Portrait of a Lady on Fire - directed by Céline Sciamma

Céline Sciamma - BAFTA Screenwriters’ Lecture Series

Charlotte Wood interviews Joan Silber on The Writer’s Room

The Art of Time in Fiction by Joan Silber

Louise Bourgeois, Artist

The Wren, The Wren by Anne Enright

My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout

Making Stories: How Ten Australian Novels Were Written by Kate Grenville and Sue Woolfe

Living Autobiography Trilogy by Deborah Levy

Courtney Collins

Unless by Carol Shields

The Garret Podcast: Charlotte Wood

Read This Podcast: Charlotte Wood

Melbourne Writers’ Festival: 6-12 May 2024

Sydney Writers’ Festival: 20-26 Ma