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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 characters and Matthew Henson
    04:28
    Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
  12. Writing – when why how?
    09:26
    Writing – when why how?
  13. The importance of libraries
    08:10
    The importance of libraries
  14. Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?
    00:48
    Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?
  15. He Had a Little Sticker
    01:25
    He Had a Little Sticker
  16. Our Tower reading
    06:12
    Our Tower reading
  17. Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
    04:07
    Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
  18. Introducing us to new historical figures
    02:35
    Introducing us to new historical figures
  19. The main characters
    03:46
    The main characters
  20. Discovering New Words
    03:16
    Discovering New Words
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