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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. Pupils' questions
    07:21
    Pupils' questions
  14. School days
    03:57
    School days
  15. The Black Flamingo
    05:09
    The Black Flamingo
  16. How to Train Your Dragon reading
    04:38
    How to Train Your Dragon reading
  17. The hero birds
    03:03
    The hero birds
  18. The World of the Wolf Queen
    04:14
    The World of the Wolf Queen
  19. Writing Haikus
    08:00
    Writing Haikus
  20. Sarah’s route into fiction
    07:16
    Sarah’s route into fiction
  21. Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
    04:28
    Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
  22. Writing the Twitchers
    05:00
    Writing the Twitchers
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