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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. Questions from schools
    06:40
    Questions from schools
  14. Writing the Twitchers
    05:00
    Writing the Twitchers
  15. Wordplay
    14:05
    Wordplay
  16. Final thoughts
    01:33
    Final thoughts
  17. Is it easier or harder to write a trilogy?
    01:45
    Is it easier or harder to write a trilogy?
  18. Don't Kvetch
    01:55
    Don't Kvetch
  19. Creating a magical place
    06:49
    Creating a magical place
  20. Meeting the Wolf Queen
    02:20
    Meeting the Wolf Queen
  21. Tom on his illustrations
    05:00
    Tom on his illustrations
  22. Elle and the characters of The Infinite
    04:35
    Elle and the characters of The Infinite
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