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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. Reading from The Crossing
    04:47
    Reading from The Crossing
  12. Reluctant reader to avid writer
    08:03
    Reluctant reader to avid writer
  13. We are all storytellers
    05:27
    We are all storytellers
  14. Crackledawn
    02:08
    Crackledawn
  15. Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
    06:54
    Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
  16. Inspired by travelling
    14:41
    Inspired by travelling
  17. Themes of books
    03:14
    Themes of books
  18. Don't Kvetch
    01:55
    Don't Kvetch
  19. Questions from schools
    08:43
    Questions from schools
  20. Working in Comics
    01:09
    Working in Comics
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