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Start with a face
Sav shows how a story is built image by image
  1. Start with a face
    02:25
    Start with a face
  2. Move it
    00:51
    Move it
  3. My dad knows everything
    04:26
    My dad knows everything
  4. Return of the bendy, bendy toothbrush
    05:50
    Return of the bendy, bendy toothbrush
  5. The noise!
    03:52
    The noise!
  6. The space
    01:18
    The space
  7. What is your favourite piece of work that you've written? What is your most treasured possession?
    03:19
    What is your favourite piece of work that you've written? What is your most treasured possession?
  8. Where do you get your ideas from? What is a poem?
    04:33
    Where do you get your ideas from? What is a poem?
  9. Boogie Woogie Buggy
    01:41
    Boogie Woogie Buggy
  10. How do you come up with names for your characters?
    01:09
    How do you come up with names for your characters?
  11. Wordplay
    14:05
    Wordplay
  12. Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?
    00:48
    Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?
  13. Working with an illustrator
    02:38
    Working with an illustrator
  14. Book Introduction
    01:20
    Book Introduction
  15. Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
    04:07
    Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
  16. Orion Lost reading
    02:48
    Orion Lost reading
  17. Tom and Ross on starting to write and draw
    05:14
    Tom and Ross on starting to write and draw
  18. There's Broccoli in my Ice Cream! - Part 1
    04:07
    There's Broccoli in my Ice Cream! - Part 1
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