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Three pointers for writers
Elizabeth Laird gives her three top tips for writers
  1. Three pointers for writers
    01:10
    Three pointers for writers
  2. Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
    02:52
    Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
  3. Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
    03:10
    Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
  4. Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
    06:54
    Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
  5. Reading The Gruffalo in Gaelic
    07:30
    Reading The Gruffalo in Gaelic
  6. Translating into Gaelic
    00:53
    Translating into Gaelic
  7. Discovering New Words
    03:16
    Discovering New Words
  8. Favourite Scots Words
    04:20
    Favourite Scots Words
  9. More questions
    01:42
    More questions
  10. Sport brings us together
    02:36
    Sport brings us together
  11. Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?
    00:48
    Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?
  12. How do you come up with names for your characters?
    01:09
    How do you come up with names for your characters?
  13. Cuiken Primary film
    03:02
    Cuiken Primary film
  14. I can do this!
    02:32
    I can do this!
  15. Reading from The Boxer
    01:42
    Reading from The Boxer
  16. There’s Nothing Faster Than a Cheetah
    03:53
    There’s Nothing Faster Than a Cheetah
  17. Introduction to the Twitchers
    05:50
    Introduction to the Twitchers
  18. Discussing illustration
    03:51
    Discussing illustration
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