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Drawing out the secret character
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The brothers show how to discover secrets about your characters by drawing them
  1. Drawing out the secret character
    05:00
    Drawing out the secret character
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  2. Introduction
    04:05
    Introduction
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  3. Genre
    08:41
    Genre
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  4. The World
    05:53
    The World
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  5. Character and story
    08:16
    Character and story
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  6. Stuff
    07:22
    Stuff
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  7. Obstacles
    04:05
    Obstacles
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  8. Choices
    10:01
    Choices
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  9. Summary
    01:58
    Summary
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  10. Whuppity Stoorie by Lari Don
    16:05
    Whuppity Stoorie by Lari Don
  11. Introducing The Black Flamingo
    00:27
    Introducing The Black Flamingo
  12. Orion Lost reading
    02:48
    Orion Lost reading
  13. Konnie’s Love of Science
    02:32
    Konnie’s Love of Science
  14. Being Children’s Laureate
    05:08
    Being Children’s Laureate
  15. How did you plan the structure of the novel?
    02:38
    How did you plan the structure of the novel?
  16. Walking and talking
    02:23
    Walking and talking
  17. How do you come up with names for your characters?
    01:09
    How do you come up with names for your characters?
  18. Our Tower reading
    06:12
    Our Tower reading
  19. Elle and the characters of The Infinite
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    Elle and the characters of The Infinite
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