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Scrapbooks and plans
How to take your ideas and turn them into amazing stories
  1. Scrapbooks and plans
    05:43
    Scrapbooks and plans
  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. Storyboard
    03:26
    Storyboard
  14. Alastair’s influences
    00:28
    Alastair’s influences
  15. Newton Farm Questions
    05:46
    Newton Farm Questions
  16. How did you plan the structure of the novel?
    02:38
    How did you plan the structure of the novel?
  17. There's Broccoli in my Ice Cream! - Part 2
    04:25
    There's Broccoli in my Ice Cream! - Part 2
  18. Cookie’s Brain Busting Quiz
    06:44
    Cookie’s Brain Busting Quiz
  19. How did you learn to draw?
    00:36
    How did you learn to draw?
  20. Keeping Up With Michael
    01:39
    Keeping Up With Michael
  21. Hooked on Reading
    03:03
    Hooked on Reading
  22. Drawing Bugbops
    10:18
    Drawing Bugbops
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