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Start with a face
Sav shows how a story is built image by image
  1. Start with a face
    02:25
    Start with a face
  2. Move it
    00:51
    Move it
  3. My dad knows everything
    04:26
    My dad knows everything
  4. Return of the bendy, bendy toothbrush
    05:50
    Return of the bendy, bendy toothbrush
  5. The noise!
    03:52
    The noise!
  6. The space
    01:18
    The space
  7. What is your favourite piece of work that you've written? What is your most treasured possession?
    03:19
    What is your favourite piece of work that you've written? What is your most treasured possession?
  8. Where do you get your ideas from? What is a poem?
    04:33
    Where do you get your ideas from? What is a poem?
  9. Gill reads from Willow Wildthing and the Dragon's Egg
    05:44
    Gill reads from Willow Wildthing and the Dragon's Egg
  10. Nadine Aisha Jassat – poetry reading
    03:11
    Nadine Aisha Jassat – poetry reading
  11. Working with an illustrator
    02:38
    Working with an illustrator
  12. Reading of The Gecko and the Echo
    05:25
    Reading of The Gecko and the Echo
  13. Reading from The Boxer
    01:42
    Reading from The Boxer
  14. The hero birds
    03:03
    The hero birds
  15. Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
    02:52
    Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
  16. Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
    04:28
    Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
  17. Draw Noi and his dad
    10:03
    Draw Noi and his dad
  18. Questions from West Calder High School
    05:42
    Questions from West Calder High School
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