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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. Introduction
    04:05
    Introduction
  3. Genre
    08:41
    Genre
  4. The World
    05:53
    The World
  5. Drawing out the secret character
    05:00
    Drawing out the secret character
  6. Character and story
    08:16
    Character and story
  7. Stuff
    07:22
    Stuff
  8. Obstacles
    04:05
    Obstacles
  9. Choices
    10:01
    Choices
  10. Summary
    01:58
    Summary
  11. Desert island books
    02:27
    Desert island books
  12. Hallowe'en in Scotland
    06:14
    Hallowe'en in Scotland
  13. Questions from schools
    05:22
    Questions from schools
  14. How to Draw Granville's Head
    04:23
    How to Draw Granville's Head
  15. Writing – when why how?
    09:26
    Writing – when why how?
  16. Reading from The Crossing
    04:47
    Reading from The Crossing
  17. How to draw a blobfish
    03:35
    How to draw a blobfish
  18. Children’s Laureate
    03:24
    Children’s Laureate
  19. Gil's bug hospital
    05:28
    Gil's bug hospital
  20. One frame
    01:29
    One frame
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