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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. Book Introduction
    01:20
    Book Introduction
  3. Reading from The Boxer
    01:42
    Reading from The Boxer
  4. How to Start Writing a Book
    06:40
    How to Start Writing a Book
  5. It Does Matter
    02:17
    It Does Matter
  6. Dealing with Racists
    01:11
    Dealing with Racists
  7. Taking Up Boxing
    03:04
    Taking Up Boxing
  8. Box Yourself
    03:44
    Box Yourself
  9. Self-Defence
    02:59
    Self-Defence
  10. Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
    04:07
    Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
  11. Question and Answer - Part 1
    05:57
    Question and Answer - Part 1
  12. Question and Answer - Part 2
    04:39
    Question and Answer - Part 2
  13. D is for Dialogue
    03:04
    D is for Dialogue
  14. The hero birds
    03:03
    The hero birds
  15. Fan fiction of your life!
    01:05
    Fan fiction of your life!
  16. Becoming an Author
    00:58
    Becoming an Author
  17. Themes of books
    03:14
    Themes of books
  18. A sudden idea
    01:52
    A sudden idea
  19. The origins of 'Lads'
    06:09
    The origins of 'Lads'
  20. Comics
    04:26
    Comics
  21. Questions from schools
    06:15
    Questions from schools
  22. Favourite Scots Words
    04:20
    Favourite Scots Words
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