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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. 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. Authors Live with Holly Bourne
    34:04
    Authors Live with Holly Bourne
  12. Reading from 'The Places I've Cried in Public'
    04:53
    Reading from 'The Places I've Cried in Public'
  13. Alastair’s influences
    00:28
    Alastair’s influences
  14. Start with a face
    02:25
    Start with a face
  15. Questions from schools
    08:14
    Questions from schools
  16. Early drawings
    00:49
    Early drawings
  17. Final thoughts
    01:33
    Final thoughts
  18. The importance of libraries
    08:10
    The importance of libraries
  19. Cracking questions
    02:08
    Cracking questions
  20. Reading of The River
    04:08
    Reading of The River
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