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Ideas
Lauren explores where ideas come from.
  1. Ideas
    03:35
    Ideas
  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. Writing Haikus
    08:00
    Writing Haikus
  10. Introducing us to new historical figures
    02:35
    Introducing us to new historical figures
  11. Wishes
    01:04
    Wishes
  12. Reading from Maddy Yip's guide to life
    09:49
    Reading from Maddy Yip's guide to life
  13. Questions from schools
    07:16
    Questions from schools
  14. Writing – when why how?
    09:26
    Writing – when why how?
  15. Slugs and Brain Pâté
    11:48
    Slugs and Brain Pâté
  16. Stories are people
    01:59
    Stories are people
  17. Writing historical fiction
    03:58
    Writing historical fiction
  18. Alastair’s influences
    00:28
    Alastair’s influences
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