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Writing Haikus
Brian explains how haikus work and challenges you to write your own!
  1. Writing Haikus
    08:00
    Writing Haikus
  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. A question from Twitter
    01:07
    A question from Twitter
  12. Kiran’s writing process
    05:08
    Kiran’s writing process
  13. Draw Along
    10:16
    Draw Along
  14. A question from Blake
    01:15
    A question from Blake
  15. Books and confidence
    01:08
    Books and confidence
  16. Children’s Laureate
    03:24
    Children’s Laureate
  17. The real world and the fictional world
    11:22
    The real world and the fictional world
  18. Wishes
    01:04
    Wishes
  19. Brian’s writing and favourite books
    04:33
    Brian’s writing and favourite books
  20. Cracking questions
    02:08
    Cracking questions
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