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Stories and puzzles
Alastair talks about how he first got into writing books
  1. Stories and puzzles
    01:34
    Stories and puzzles
  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. Wizards of Once reading
    04:24
    Wizards of Once reading
  12. Questions from schools
    05:21
    Questions from schools
  13. Questions from schools
    05:22
    Questions from schools
  14. Introducing Sav Akyuz
    01:45
    Introducing Sav Akyuz
  15. How Books Start
    06:40
    How Books Start
  16. The real world and the fictional world
    11:22
    The real world and the fictional world
  17. Keeping Up With Michael
    01:39
    Keeping Up With Michael
  18. The right words in the right order
    02:38
    The right words in the right order
  19. Truth and Lies
    13:33
    Truth and Lies
  20. Writing Haikus
    08:00
    Writing Haikus
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