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Scrapbooks and plans
How to take your ideas and turn them into amazing stories
  1. Scrapbooks and plans
    05:43
    Scrapbooks and plans
  2. Two of David's novels
    05:49
    Two of David's novels
  3. The local library
    06:12
    The local library
  4. Imagination
    04:48
    Imagination
  5. The power of words
    05:31
    The power of words
  6. Starting as a writer
    03:55
    Starting as a writer
  7. Q&A with David Almond
    05:15
    Q&A with David Almond
  8. More Q&A with David Almond
    06:48
    More Q&A with David Almond
  9. Reading from Race to the Frozen North
    02:32
    Reading from Race to the Frozen North
  10. Questions from schools
    04:02
    Questions from schools
  11. How do you come up with names for your characters?
    01:09
    How do you come up with names for your characters?
  12. Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
    03:10
    Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
  13. Is it easier or harder to write a trilogy?
    01:45
    Is it easier or harder to write a trilogy?
  14. Finding the bear
    01:06
    Finding the bear
  15. How Catherine works
    00:59
    How Catherine works
  16. Why comics matter
    06:03
    Why comics matter
  17. Gil's bug hospital
    05:28
    Gil's bug hospital
  18. Ideas
    03:35
    Ideas
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