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Creating a Poem
Joseph’s book Poetry Prompts shows that we can all be poets.
  1. Creating a Poem
    08:58
    Creating a Poem
  2. Who are you really?
    01:06
    Who are you really?
  3. Darren Shan reads from Zom-B Underground
    07:50
    Darren Shan reads from Zom-B Underground
  4. A picky question about zombies
    01:15
    A picky question about zombies
  5. What about Dad?
    02:22
    What about Dad?
  6. A dark question about the night
    01:01
    A dark question about the night
  7. Books into film
    01:23
    Books into film
  8. How about a Zombie rising?
    01:00
    How about a Zombie rising?
  9. A question of influence
    01:07
    A question of influence
  10. Darren Shan reads the prologue from ZOM-B
    08:36
    Darren Shan reads the prologue from ZOM-B
  11. Comics
    04:26
    Comics
  12. How do you come up with names for your characters?
    01:09
    How do you come up with names for your characters?
  13. The real world and the fictional world
    11:22
    The real world and the fictional world
  14. Early drawings
    00:49
    Early drawings
  15. How Books Start
    06:40
    How Books Start
  16. Discussing illustration
    03:51
    Discussing illustration
  17. Reading from The Crossover
    04:17
    Reading from The Crossover
  18. Developing your voice
    02:24
    Developing your voice
  19. The poetry community
    01:45
    The poetry community
  20. How to draw emotions
    04:34
    How to draw emotions
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