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Scrapbooks and plans
How to take your ideas and turn them into amazing stories
  1. Scrapbooks and plans
    05:43
    Scrapbooks and plans
  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. The right words in the right order
    02:38
    The right words in the right order
  12. Questions from schools
    06:40
    Questions from schools
  13. Chris McQueer – reading
    03:07
    Chris McQueer – reading
  14. Inspirations and Escaped Terrapin
    08:22
    Inspirations and Escaped Terrapin
  15. Reading from The Crossover
    04:17
    Reading from The Crossover
  16. Room on the Broom in Scots
    08:13
    Room on the Broom in Scots
  17. Final thoughts
    01:33
    Final thoughts
  18. Characters and Themes
    04:51
    Characters and Themes
  19. More questions for Sav
    02:00
    More questions for Sav
  20. Would any of your characters make a good therapet?
    01:05
    Would any of your characters make a good therapet?
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