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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. 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. How do you come up with names for your characters?
    01:09
    How do you come up with names for your characters?
  12. Manjeet’s writing process
    07:37
    Manjeet’s writing process
  13. Questions from schools
    06:40
    Questions from schools
  14. Questions from schools
    08:43
    Questions from schools
  15. Dragonese
    01:19
    Dragonese
  16. Brian’s writing and favourite books
    04:33
    Brian’s writing and favourite books
  17. Desert island books
    02:27
    Desert island books
  18. Reading of The Gecko and the Echo
    05:25
    Reading of The Gecko and the Echo
  19. Self-Defence
    02:59
    Self-Defence
  20. There's Broccoli in my Ice Cream! - Part 2
    04:25
    There's Broccoli in my Ice Cream! - Part 2
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