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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. Move it
    00:51
    Move it
  3. My dad knows everything
    04:26
    My dad knows everything
  4. Return of the bendy, bendy toothbrush
    05:50
    Return of the bendy, bendy toothbrush
  5. The noise!
    03:52
    The noise!
  6. The space
    01:18
    The space
  7. What is your favourite piece of work that you've written? What is your most treasured possession?
    03:19
    What is your favourite piece of work that you've written? What is your most treasured possession?
  8. Where do you get your ideas from? What is a poem?
    04:33
    Where do you get your ideas from? What is a poem?
  9. Wishes
    01:04
    Wishes
  10. Draw Noi and his dad
    10:03
    Draw Noi and his dad
  11. Ideas for books
    02:25
    Ideas for books
  12. Y is for Young Adult
    03:43
    Y is for Young Adult
  13. Dealing with Racists
    01:11
    Dealing with Racists
  14. Gil's bug hospital
    05:28
    Gil's bug hospital
  15. A question of inspiration
    02:51
    A question of inspiration
  16. Characters
    01:58
    Characters
  17. How Books Start
    06:40
    How Books Start
  18. Draw the Light Ship
    05:16
    Draw the Light Ship
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