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Scrapbooks and plans
How to take your ideas and turn them into amazing stories
  1. Scrapbooks and plans
    05:43
    Scrapbooks and plans
  2. Book Introduction
    01:20
    Book Introduction
  3. Reading from The Boxer
    01:42
    Reading from The Boxer
  4. How to Start Writing a Book
    06:40
    How to Start Writing a Book
  5. It Does Matter
    02:17
    It Does Matter
  6. Dealing with Racists
    01:11
    Dealing with Racists
  7. Taking Up Boxing
    03:04
    Taking Up Boxing
  8. Box Yourself
    03:44
    Box Yourself
  9. Self-Defence
    02:59
    Self-Defence
  10. Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
    04:07
    Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
  11. Question and Answer - Part 1
    05:57
    Question and Answer - Part 1
  12. Question and Answer - Part 2
    04:39
    Question and Answer - Part 2
  13. Wizards of Once reading
    04:24
    Wizards of Once reading
  14. D is for Dialogue
    03:04
    D is for Dialogue
  15. Reading from The Infinite
    05:46
    Reading from The Infinite
  16. Characters and Themes
    04:51
    Characters and Themes
  17. Questions from schools
    05:58
    Questions from schools
  18. The story rollercoaster
    00:58
    The story rollercoaster
  19. Introduction to the Twitchers
    05:50
    Introduction to the Twitchers
  20. Beginnings
    01:47
    Beginnings
  21. Reading from 'The Places I've Cried in Public'
    04:53
    Reading from 'The Places I've Cried in Public'
  22. Draw Goldy the Gecko
    04:43
    Draw Goldy the Gecko
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