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How Does Your Own Personal Experience Shape Your Writing?
Holly answers a question from pupils in Scotland.
  1. How Does Your Own Personal Experience Shape Your Writing?
    02:32
    How Does Your Own Personal Experience Shape Your Writing?
  2. A chat with Polly Dunbar
    08:39
    A chat with Polly Dunbar
  3. Arthur wakes up
    04:49
    Arthur wakes up
  4. Arthur's brother
    04:51
    Arthur's brother
  5. Arthur's mum
    05:34
    Arthur's mum
  6. Arthur's sister
    04:20
    Arthur's sister
  7. Arthur's dad
    05:06
    Arthur's dad
  8. Arthur's Dream Boat
    08:27
    Arthur's Dream Boat
  9. Meeting the puppets
    00:44
    Meeting the puppets
  10. A reading from Elizabeth
    02:18
    A reading from Elizabeth
  11. Don't Kvetch
    01:55
    Don't Kvetch
  12. Characters and Themes
    04:51
    Characters and Themes
  13. Draw Along
    10:16
    Draw Along
  14. Questions
    04:03
    Questions
  15. Final thoughts
    01:33
    Final thoughts
  16. What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
    04:19
    What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
  17. Truth and Lies
    13:33
    Truth and Lies
  18. Wordplay
    14:05
    Wordplay
  19. Questions from schools
    05:21
    Questions from schools
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