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How Does Your Own Personal Experience Shape Your Writing?
Holly answers a question from pupils in Scotland.
  1. How Does Your Own Personal Experience Shape Your Writing?
    02:32
    How Does Your Own Personal Experience Shape Your Writing?
  2. Who likes stories?
    02:48
    Who likes stories?
  3. Talking in class
    01:47
    Talking in class
  4. Actor Vivian
    03:05
    Actor Vivian
  5. Writing a story down
    02:42
    Writing a story down
  6. Story build (part 1)
    04:03
    Story build (part 1)
  7. Story build (part 2)
    06:21
    Story build (part 2)
  8. Vivian talks titles
    01:18
    Vivian talks titles
  9. Alfie Onion
    08:13
    Alfie Onion
  10. Questions for Vivian
    03:32
    Questions for Vivian
  11. Themes of books
    03:14
    Themes of books
  12. What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
    04:19
    What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
  13. The Otherwhere Emporium reading
    04:21
    The Otherwhere Emporium reading
  14. Being Children’s Laureate
    05:08
    Being Children’s Laureate
  15. Reluctant reader to avid writer
    08:03
    Reluctant reader to avid writer
  16. Becoming an Author
    00:58
    Becoming an Author
  17. No Breathing in Class
    04:08
    No Breathing in Class
  18. Have a go!
    01:10
    Have a go!
  19. There's Broccoli in my Ice Cream! - Part 2
    04:25
    There's Broccoli in my Ice Cream! - Part 2
  20. Books and confidence
    01:08
    Books and confidence
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