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Developing your voice
The writers talk about how they created their own distinctive styles.
  1. Developing your voice
    02:24
    Developing your voice
  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. How to draw emotions
    04:34
    How to draw emotions
  12. The life of Matthew Henson
    08:12
    The life of Matthew Henson
  13. Pupils' questions
    07:21
    Pupils' questions
  14. How to Draw Eric Dynamite
    08:33
    How to Draw Eric Dynamite
  15. Cat Hepburn – poetry reading
    03:40
    Cat Hepburn – poetry reading
  16. Alastair’s influences
    00:28
    Alastair’s influences
  17. Questions from schools
    04:02
    Questions from schools
  18. He Had a Little Sticker
    01:25
    He Had a Little Sticker
  19. Hercules Song
    01:56
    Hercules Song
  20. This is a democracy
    00:39
    This is a democracy
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