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Characters
Both authors agree that characters in their books can take on a life of their own
  1. Characters
    01:58
    Characters
  2. Ghosts of Heaven
    02:56
    Ghosts of Heaven
  3. Spirals and cave art
    02:59
    Spirals and cave art
  4. The beginning of writing
    01:47
    The beginning of writing
  5. The teenage brain
    05:51
    The teenage brain
  6. Writing realistically
    01:59
    Writing realistically
  7. Reading
    03:16
    Reading
  8. Into a dark cave
    01:36
    Into a dark cave
  9. Questions near
    05:54
    Questions near
  10. Questions far
    02:42
    Questions far
  11. Daisy on the Outer Line
    02:34
    Daisy on the Outer Line
  12. Favourite book
    00:45
    Favourite book
  13. One frame
    01:29
    One frame
  14. Sarah’s route into fiction
    07:16
    Sarah’s route into fiction
  15. Ideas
    03:35
    Ideas
  16. Questions
    04:03
    Questions
  17. Phil’s characters
    05:36
    Phil’s characters
  18. Konnie’s Love of Science
    02:32
    Konnie’s Love of Science
  19. Introducing Sav Akyuz
    01:45
    Introducing Sav Akyuz
  20. Alastair’s influences
    00:28
    Alastair’s influences
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