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Developing your voice
The writers talk about how they created their own distinctive styles.
  1. Developing your voice
    02:24
    Developing your voice
  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. How do you come up with names for your characters?
    01:09
    How do you come up with names for your characters?
  10. Reading from 'Luna Loves Art'
    05:38
    Reading from 'Luna Loves Art'
  11. Writing Haikus
    08:00
    Writing Haikus
  12. Reading The Gruffalo in Gaelic
    07:30
    Reading The Gruffalo in Gaelic
  13. Favourite book
    00:45
    Favourite book
  14. Sue's presentation
    11:34
    Sue's presentation
  15. Writing in Scots
    02:48
    Writing in Scots
  16. The right words in the right order
    02:38
    The right words in the right order
  17. Authors Live with Holly Bourne
    34:04
    Authors Live with Holly Bourne
  18. The story rollercoaster
    00:58
    The story rollercoaster
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