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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. Chris McQueer – reading
    03:07
    Chris McQueer – reading
  12. The life of Matthew Henson
    08:12
    The life of Matthew Henson
  13. Questions from schools
    06:06
    Questions from schools
  14. Questions from schools
    05:21
    Questions from schools
  15. Reading of The Squirrels Who Squabbled
    03:47
    Reading of The Squirrels Who Squabbled
  16. How to Draw Eric Dynamite
    08:33
    How to Draw Eric Dynamite
  17. Reading of The Gecko and the Echo
    05:25
    Reading of The Gecko and the Echo
  18. Hallowe'en in Scotland
    06:14
    Hallowe'en in Scotland
  19. The World of the Crossing
    08:03
    The World of the Crossing
  20. Themes of The Infinite
    01:29
    Themes of The Infinite
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