Becoming an Author

Introduction

Genre

The World

Drawing out the secret character

Character and story

Stuff

Obstacles

Choices

Summary

How did you plan the structure of the novel?

Start with a face

How to draw a cheetah

Pets

Reading The Gruffalo in Gaelic

The World of the Crossing

One frame

Would any of your characters make a good therapet?

Questions from schools

Nadine Aisha Jassat – poetry reading