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Developing your voice
The writers talk about how they created their own distinctive styles.
  1. Developing your voice
    02:24
    Developing your voice
  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. Names and Questions
    07:57
    Names and Questions
  10. Acting and Writing
    05:49
    Acting and Writing
  11. Writing Haikus
    08:00
    Writing Haikus
  12. What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
    04:19
    What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
  13. Reading from Maddy Yip's guide to life
    09:49
    Reading from Maddy Yip's guide to life
  14. A novel in verse
    01:02
    A novel in verse
  15. School Questions
    08:45
    School Questions
  16. Sarah’s route into fiction
    07:16
    Sarah’s route into fiction
  17. Toxic Relationships
    04:42
    Toxic Relationships
  18. The Crackledawn Dragon
    02:10
    The Crackledawn Dragon
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