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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. The World of the Crossing
    08:03
    The World of the Crossing
  12. Reading from The Crossing
    04:47
    Reading from The Crossing
  13. Questions and Answers
    06:15
    Questions and Answers
  14. Twitch reading
    05:36
    Twitch reading
  15. Tom on his illustrations
    05:00
    Tom on his illustrations
  16. Working in Comics
    01:09
    Working in Comics
  17. Drawing Fruit and Veg
    04:16
    Drawing Fruit and Veg
  18. Alastair’s influences
    00:28
    Alastair’s influences
  19. Cracking questions
    02:08
    Cracking questions
  20. Fan fiction of your life!
    01:05
    Fan fiction of your life!
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