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How Does Your Own Personal Experience Shape Your Writing?
Holly answers a question from pupils in Scotland.
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    How Does Your Own Personal Experience Shape Your Writing?
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  4. Zombies are winning!
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  5. Q&A with Charlie Higson
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  8. How did you plan the structure of the novel?
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  10. The main characters
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  11. Where The Heart Should Be
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  12. What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
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