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Writing Fiction
Holly Bourne tells us how she got into writing fiction.
  1. Writing Fiction
    01:29
    Writing Fiction
  2. Ghosts of Heaven
    02:56
    Ghosts of Heaven
  3. Spirals and cave art
    02:59
    Spirals and cave art
  4. The beginning of writing
    01:47
    The beginning of writing
  5. The teenage brain
    05:51
    The teenage brain
  6. Writing realistically
    01:59
    Writing realistically
  7. Reading
    03:16
    Reading
  8. Into a dark cave
    01:36
    Into a dark cave
  9. Questions near
    05:54
    Questions near
  10. Questions far
    02:42
    Questions far
  11. Finding the bear
    01:06
    Finding the bear
  12. Themes of The Infinite
    01:29
    Themes of The Infinite
  13. Questions from pupils
    02:50
    Questions from pupils
  14. How to Train Your Dragon reading
    04:38
    How to Train Your Dragon reading
  15. Alastair’s influences
    00:28
    Alastair’s influences
  16. Birdspotting Quiz
    05:46
    Birdspotting Quiz
  17. My Heart
    01:52
    My Heart
  18. Self-Defence
    02:59
    Self-Defence
  19. Beginnings
    01:47
    Beginnings
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