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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. Hercules Song
    01:56
    Hercules Song
  12. Gil's bug hospital
    05:28
    Gil's bug hospital
  13. Reading from 'Daisy on the Outer Line'
    06:17
    Reading from 'Daisy on the Outer Line'
  14. Questions from schools
    07:37
    Questions from schools
  15. The poetry community
    01:45
    The poetry community
  16. How Catherine works
    00:59
    How Catherine works
  17. Developing your voice
    02:24
    Developing your voice
  18. Illustrating the Book
    02:15
    Illustrating the Book
  19. Audience questions
    03:17
    Audience questions
  20. Sarah’s route into fiction
    07:16
    Sarah’s route into fiction
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