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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. Ideas and inspirational teachers
    05:32
    Ideas and inspirational teachers
  12. Writing – when why how?
    09:26
    Writing – when why how?
  13. The Selkie and Finfolkaheem
    03:48
    The Selkie and Finfolkaheem
  14. Inspiration
    02:14
    Inspiration
  15. Phil’s characters
    05:36
    Phil’s characters
  16. The main characters
    03:46
    The main characters
  17. Question time
    04:36
    Question time
  18. Discovering New Words
    03:16
    Discovering New Words
  19. Konnie’s Favourite Character
    00:58
    Konnie’s Favourite Character
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    06:54
    Reading from Grimwood: Attack of the Stink Monster
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