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Writing Haikus
Brian explains how haikus work and challenges you to write your own!
  1. Writing Haikus
    08:00
    Writing Haikus
  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. Sue's early influences
    04:42
    Sue's early influences
  12. Reading from The Crossover
    04:17
    Reading from The Crossover
  13. Hooked on Reading
    03:03
    Hooked on Reading
  14. Characters and Themes
    04:51
    Characters and Themes
  15. The real world and the fictional world
    11:22
    The real world and the fictional world
  16. The Great Storm Whale reading
    06:27
    The Great Storm Whale reading
  17. How Catherine works
    00:59
    How Catherine works
  18. Wordplay
    14:05
    Wordplay
  19. Questions from schools
    05:40
    Questions from schools
  20. Phil’s presentation
    21:56
    Phil’s presentation
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