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Developing your voice
The writers talk about how they created their own distinctive styles.
  1. Developing your voice
    02:24
    Developing your voice
  2. Scots
    01:14
    Scots
  3. Writing in Scots
    01:54
    Writing in Scots
  4. Minging!
    00:42
    Minging!
  5. Taking on Roald Dahl
    02:40
    Taking on Roald Dahl
  6. The right words
    02:22
    The right words
  7. Quentin Blake
    00:42
    Quentin Blake
  8. A reading in Scots
    02:35
    A reading in Scots
  9. Questions
    01:21
    Questions
  10. More questions
    03:14
    More questions
  11. Even more questions
    03:39
    Even more questions
  12. Scrapbooks and plans
    05:43
    Scrapbooks and plans
  13. Writing historical fiction
    03:58
    Writing historical fiction
  14. Audience questions
    03:17
    Audience questions
  15. Orion Lost reading
    02:48
    Orion Lost reading
  16. Introducing The Black Flamingo
    00:27
    Introducing The Black Flamingo
  17. Room on the Broom in Scots
    08:13
    Room on the Broom in Scots
  18. Introducing us to new historical figures
    02:35
    Introducing us to new historical figures
  19. Reading The Gruffalo in Gaelic
    07:30
    Reading The Gruffalo in Gaelic
  20. Questions from West Calder High School
    05:42
    Questions from West Calder High School
  21. Dogs in space
    01:29
    Dogs in space
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