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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. 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. Introducing Sav Akyuz
    01:45
    Introducing Sav Akyuz
  12. Questions from pupils
    02:50
    Questions from pupils
  13. Alastair’s influences
    00:28
    Alastair’s influences
  14. Emily's Books
    02:27
    Emily's Books
  15. Themes of The Infinite
    01:29
    Themes of The Infinite
  16. 100 Words on Friendship
    01:14
    100 Words on Friendship
  17. How to Draw Granville's Head
    04:23
    How to Draw Granville's Head
  18. Newton Farm Questions
    05:46
    Newton Farm Questions
  19. Question and Answer - Part 2
    04:39
    Question and Answer - Part 2
  20. The story rollercoaster
    00:58
    The story rollercoaster
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