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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. Ghosts of Heaven
    02:56
    Ghosts of Heaven
  3. Spirals and cave art
    02:59
    Spirals and cave art
  4. The beginning of writing
    01:47
    The beginning of writing
  5. The teenage brain
    05:51
    The teenage brain
  6. Writing realistically
    01:59
    Writing realistically
  7. Reading
    03:16
    Reading
  8. Into a dark cave
    01:36
    Into a dark cave
  9. Questions near
    05:54
    Questions near
  10. Questions far
    02:42
    Questions far
  11. Gil's bug hospital
    05:28
    Gil's bug hospital
  12. Alastair’s influences
    00:28
    Alastair’s influences
  13. Question and Answer - Part 2
    04:39
    Question and Answer - Part 2
  14. Relationship Counsellor
    02:45
    Relationship Counsellor
  15. Beginnings
    01:47
    Beginnings
  16. Creating a Poem
    08:58
    Creating a Poem
  17. What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
    04:19
    What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
  18. Inspirations and Escaped Terrapin
    08:22
    Inspirations and Escaped Terrapin
  19. The World of the Crossing
    08:03
    The World of the Crossing
  20. No Breathing in Class
    04:08
    No Breathing in Class
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