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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. 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. How to draw a blobfish
    03:35
    How to draw a blobfish
  12. Nadine Aisha Jassat – poetry reading
    03:11
    Nadine Aisha Jassat – poetry reading
  13. Introducing Sav Akyuz
    01:45
    Introducing Sav Akyuz
  14. Sarah’s route into fiction
    07:16
    Sarah’s route into fiction
  15. Cuiken Primary film
    03:02
    Cuiken Primary film
  16. Questions from schools
    05:21
    Questions from schools
  17. Inspired by travelling
    14:41
    Inspired by travelling
  18. Phil’s characters
    05:36
    Phil’s characters
  19. Scottish words and questions from schools
    08:09
    Scottish words and questions from schools
  20. Chae is Dr Who
    05:39
    Chae is Dr Who
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