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Stories and puzzles
Alastair talks about how he first got into writing books
  1. Stories and puzzles
    01:34
    Stories and puzzles
  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. How Catherine works
    00:59
    How Catherine works
  12. Scrapbooks and plans
    05:43
    Scrapbooks and plans
  13. Comics
    04:26
    Comics
  14. Question and Answer - Part 2
    04:39
    Question and Answer - Part 2
  15. School days
    03:57
    School days
  16. Introducing Cookie
    04:11
    Introducing Cookie
  17. Gill reads from Willow Wildthing and the Dragon's Egg
    05:44
    Gill reads from Willow Wildthing and the Dragon's Egg
  18. Wordplay
    14:05
    Wordplay
  19. Reading from The Boy Who Made Monsters
    03:08
    Reading from The Boy Who Made Monsters
  20. What's Sputnik up to?
    00:32
    What's Sputnik up to?
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