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Inspiration
Where to draw inspiration from, when writing stories.
  1. Inspiration
    02:14
    Inspiration
  2. Ghosts of Heaven
    02:56
    Ghosts of Heaven
  3. Spirals and cave art
    02:59
    Spirals and cave art
  4. The beginning of writing
    01:47
    The beginning of writing
  5. The teenage brain
    05:51
    The teenage brain
  6. Writing realistically
    01:59
    Writing realistically
  7. Reading
    03:16
    Reading
  8. Into a dark cave
    01:36
    Into a dark cave
  9. Questions near
    05:54
    Questions near
  10. Questions far
    02:42
    Questions far
  11. Keeping Up With Michael
    01:39
    Keeping Up With Michael
  12. A question from Blake
    01:15
    A question from Blake
  13. Reading from 'The Places I've Cried in Public'
    04:53
    Reading from 'The Places I've Cried in Public'
  14. Drawing Bugbops
    10:18
    Drawing Bugbops
  15. Final thoughts
    01:33
    Final thoughts
  16. The main characters
    03:46
    The main characters
  17. Draw along
    10:28
    Draw along
  18. A reading from Elizabeth
    02:18
    A reading from Elizabeth
  19. Scottish words and questions from schools
    08:09
    Scottish words and questions from schools
  20. One frame
    01:29
    One frame
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