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Sarah’s route into fiction
Sarah explains how she got started as a writer and some of the themes of her fiction.
  1. Sarah’s route into fiction
    07:16
    Sarah’s route into 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. How Does Your Own Personal Experience Shape Your Writing?
    02:32
    How Does Your Own Personal Experience Shape Your Writing?
  12. A question from Blake
    01:15
    A question from Blake
  13. The Great Storm Whale reading
    06:27
    The Great Storm Whale reading
  14. Writing historical fiction
    03:58
    Writing historical fiction
  15. Birdspotting Quiz
    05:46
    Birdspotting Quiz
  16. A question from Freya.
    01:00
    A question from Freya.
  17. Stories are people
    01:59
    Stories are people
  18. Studio questions
    03:22
    Studio questions
  19. Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?
    00:48
    Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?
  20. Persistence
    01:24
    Persistence
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