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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. What inspired Ross MacKenzie to continue with his series of books?
    01:13
    What inspired Ross MacKenzie to continue with his series of books?
  12. Questions from schools
    06:40
    Questions from schools
  13. More Cookie Books
    01:04
    More Cookie Books
  14. Questions from schools
    05:21
    Questions from schools
  15. Characters
    01:58
    Characters
  16. How to draw a blobfish
    03:35
    How to draw a blobfish
  17. Ideas and inspirational teachers
    05:32
    Ideas and inspirational teachers
  18. Illustrating the Book
    02:15
    Illustrating the Book
  19. How do you come up with names for your characters?
    01:09
    How do you come up with names for your characters?
  20. Questions from schools
    08:43
    Questions from schools
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