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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. Characters
    01:58
    Characters
  12. Slugs and Brain Pâté
    11:48
    Slugs and Brain Pâté
  13. The Great Storm Whale reading
    06:27
    The Great Storm Whale reading
  14. Feather reading
    06:20
    Feather reading
  15. Nadine Aisha Jassat – poetry reading
    03:11
    Nadine Aisha Jassat – poetry reading
  16. Flirting and locker room talk
    06:28
    Flirting and locker room talk
  17. Reading The Undefeated
    03:32
    Reading The Undefeated
  18. Reading from 'Daisy on the Outer Line'
    06:17
    Reading from 'Daisy on the Outer Line'
  19. Questions from schools
    07:40
    Questions from schools
  20. A reading from Elizabeth
    02:18
    A reading from Elizabeth
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