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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. Introduction
    04:05
    Introduction
  3. Genre
    08:41
    Genre
  4. The World
    05:53
    The World
  5. Drawing out the secret character
    05:00
    Drawing out the secret character
  6. Character and story
    08:16
    Character and story
  7. Stuff
    07:22
    Stuff
  8. Obstacles
    04:05
    Obstacles
  9. Choices
    10:01
    Choices
  10. Summary
    01:58
    Summary
  11. A reading from Elizabeth
    02:18
    A reading from Elizabeth
  12. What is the Nowhere Emporium?
    00:45
    What is the Nowhere Emporium?
  13. Desert island books
    02:27
    Desert island books
  14. Dragonese
    01:19
    Dragonese
  15. Cracking questions
    02:08
    Cracking questions
  16. Taking Up Boxing
    03:04
    Taking Up Boxing
  17. Final thoughts
    01:33
    Final thoughts
  18. Three pointers for writers
    01:10
    Three pointers for writers
  19. Being Children’s Laureate
    05:08
    Being Children’s Laureate
  20. Bear Moves
    02:28
    Bear Moves
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