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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. 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. Audience questions
    03:17
    Audience questions
  14. Hand on the Bridge
    02:28
    Hand on the Bridge
  15. The Crackledawn Dragon
    02:10
    The Crackledawn Dragon
  16. The Great Storm Whale reading
    06:27
    The Great Storm Whale reading
  17. Tom on his illustrations
    05:00
    Tom on his illustrations
  18. Bear Moves
    02:28
    Bear Moves
  19. Discussing illustration
    03:51
    Discussing illustration
  20. Themes of books
    03:14
    Themes of books
  21. Finding the bear
    01:06
    Finding the bear
  22. Feather reading
    06:20
    Feather reading
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