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Writing Haikus
Brian explains how haikus work and challenges you to write your own!
  1. Writing Haikus
    08:00
    Writing Haikus
  2. Book Introduction
    01:20
    Book Introduction
  3. Reading from The Boxer
    01:42
    Reading from The Boxer
  4. How to Start Writing a Book
    06:40
    How to Start Writing a Book
  5. It Does Matter
    02:17
    It Does Matter
  6. Dealing with Racists
    01:11
    Dealing with Racists
  7. Taking Up Boxing
    03:04
    Taking Up Boxing
  8. Box Yourself
    03:44
    Box Yourself
  9. Self-Defence
    02:59
    Self-Defence
  10. Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
    04:07
    Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
  11. Question and Answer - Part 1
    05:57
    Question and Answer - Part 1
  12. Question and Answer - Part 2
    04:39
    Question and Answer - Part 2
  13. Writing the Twitchers
    05:00
    Writing the Twitchers
  14. Feather reading
    06:20
    Feather reading
  15. Creating a Poem
    08:58
    Creating a Poem
  16. Dogs in space
    01:29
    Dogs in space
  17. Gil's bug hospital
    05:28
    Gil's bug hospital
  18. Draw the Light Ship
    05:16
    Draw the Light Ship
  19. Sputnik
    00:55
    Sputnik
  20. The hero birds
    03:03
    The hero birds
  21. Alastair’s influences
    00:28
    Alastair’s influences
  22. How did you plan the structure of the novel?
    02:38
    How did you plan the structure of the novel?
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