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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. Introducing Wain
    00:21
    Introducing Wain
  3. Introducing The Black Flamingo
    00:27
    Introducing The Black Flamingo
  4. The Selkie and Finfolkaheem
    03:48
    The Selkie and Finfolkaheem
  5. The Black Flamingo
    05:09
    The Black Flamingo
  6. How important is it for young queer people to see themselves in fiction?
    03:12
    How important is it for young queer people to see themselves in fiction?
  7. Re-imagining Scottish folklore
    01:48
    Re-imagining Scottish folklore
  8. A novel in verse
    01:02
    A novel in verse
  9. Fan fiction of your life!
    01:05
    Fan fiction of your life!
  10. Books and confidence
    01:08
    Books and confidence
  11. The poetry community
    01:45
    The poetry community
  12. Working with young writers
    01:12
    Working with young writers
  13. Wishes
    01:04
    Wishes
  14. Hallowe'en in Scotland
    06:14
    Hallowe'en in Scotland
  15. Draw Along
    10:16
    Draw Along
  16. Creating a magical place
    06:49
    Creating a magical place
  17. Questions from schools
    06:15
    Questions from schools
  18. Final thoughts
    01:33
    Final thoughts
  19. Forrester High's 2048 Predictions
    02:35
    Forrester High's 2048 Predictions
  20. Manjeet’s writing process
    07:37
    Manjeet’s writing process
  21. Drawing Fruit and Veg
    04:16
    Drawing Fruit and Veg
  22. More questions for Sav
    02:00
    More questions for Sav
  23. Reading The Undefeated
    03:32
    Reading The Undefeated
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