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Developing your voice
The writers talk about how they created their own distinctive styles.
  1. Developing your voice
    02:24
    Developing your voice
  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. Reading from 'Luna Loves Art'
    05:38
    Reading from 'Luna Loves Art'
  14. Reading from The Boy Who Made Monsters
    03:08
    Reading from The Boy Who Made Monsters
  15. Hand on the Bridge
    02:28
    Hand on the Bridge
  16. Beginnings
    01:47
    Beginnings
  17. Questions from Linlithgow Academy
    05:02
    Questions from Linlithgow Academy
  18. Going around gardens!
    03:12
    Going around gardens!
  19. Cat Hepburn – poetry reading
    03:40
    Cat Hepburn – poetry reading
  20. Sarah’s route into fiction
    07:16
    Sarah’s route into fiction
  21. School days
    03:57
    School days
  22. The right words in the right order
    02:38
    The right words in the right order
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