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How to Train Your Dragon reading
Cressida reads an extract from her most famous book
  1. How to Train Your Dragon reading
    04:38
    How to Train Your Dragon reading
  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. Sarah’s route into fiction
    07:16
    Sarah’s route into fiction
  14. Health and Medicine
    04:36
    Health and Medicine
  15. How do you come up with names for your characters?
    01:09
    How do you come up with names for your characters?
  16. What is the Nowhere Emporium?
    00:45
    What is the Nowhere Emporium?
  17. UK schools vs American schools
    02:13
    UK schools vs American schools
  18. Becoming an Author
    00:58
    Becoming an Author
  19. What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
    04:19
    What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
  20. D is for Dialogue
    03:04
    D is for Dialogue
  21. Emily's Books
    02:27
    Emily's Books
  22. Introducing The Black Flamingo
    00:27
    Introducing The Black Flamingo
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