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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. Book Introduction
    01:20
    Book Introduction
  3. Reading from The Boxer
    01:42
    Reading from The Boxer
  4. How to Start Writing a Book
    06:40
    How to Start Writing a Book
  5. It Does Matter
    02:17
    It Does Matter
  6. Dealing with Racists
    01:11
    Dealing with Racists
  7. Taking Up Boxing
    03:04
    Taking Up Boxing
  8. Box Yourself
    03:44
    Box Yourself
  9. Self-Defence
    02:59
    Self-Defence
  10. Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
    04:07
    Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
  11. Question and Answer - Part 1
    05:57
    Question and Answer - Part 1
  12. Question and Answer - Part 2
    04:39
    Question and Answer - Part 2
  13. The Great Storm Whale reading
    06:27
    The Great Storm Whale reading
  14. Joyful Poetry
    00:53
    Joyful Poetry
  15. Cat Hepburn – poetry reading
    03:40
    Cat Hepburn – poetry reading
  16. Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?
    00:48
    Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?
  17. Question time
    04:36
    Question time
  18. Finding the bear
    01:06
    Finding the bear
  19. Questions from schools
    06:06
    Questions from schools
  20. Reluctant reader to avid writer
    08:03
    Reluctant reader to avid writer
  21. Three pointers for writers
    01:10
    Three pointers for writers
  22. Sue's early influences
    04:42
    Sue's early influences
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