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How Does Your Own Personal Experience Shape Your Writing?
Holly answers a question from pupils in Scotland.
  1. How Does Your Own Personal Experience Shape Your Writing?
    02:32
    How Does Your Own Personal Experience Shape Your Writing?
  2. Introduction
    04:05
    Introduction
  3. Genre
    08:41
    Genre
  4. The World
    05:53
    The World
  5. Drawing out the secret character
    05:00
    Drawing out the secret character
  6. Character and story
    08:16
    Character and story
  7. Stuff
    07:22
    Stuff
  8. Obstacles
    04:05
    Obstacles
  9. Choices
    10:01
    Choices
  10. Summary
    01:58
    Summary
  11. Favourite book
    00:45
    Favourite book
  12. The hero birds
    03:03
    The hero birds
  13. Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
    06:54
    Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
  14. Reading from Race to the Frozen North
    02:32
    Reading from Race to the Frozen North
  15. Introduction to the Twitchers
    05:50
    Introduction to the Twitchers
  16. Inspired by travelling
    14:41
    Inspired by travelling
  17. How to Train Your Dragon reading
    04:38
    How to Train Your Dragon reading
  18. Wordplay
    14:05
    Wordplay
  19. Chat with Comic Artist Tanya Roberts
    02:48
    Chat with Comic Artist Tanya Roberts
  20. Final thoughts
    01:33
    Final thoughts
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