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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. Wordplay
    14:05
    Wordplay
  12. Where monsters come from
    03:38
    Where monsters come from
  13. There’s Nothing Faster Than a Cheetah
    03:53
    There’s Nothing Faster Than a Cheetah
  14. Translating into Gaelic
    00:53
    Translating into Gaelic
  15. The Black Flamingo
    05:09
    The Black Flamingo
  16. A sudden idea
    01:52
    A sudden idea
  17. Cracking questions
    02:08
    Cracking questions
  18. Rachel’s books and inspirations
    06:29
    Rachel’s books and inspirations
  19. Questions from schools
    07:40
    Questions from schools
  20. Dragonese
    01:19
    Dragonese
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