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Start with a face
Sav shows how a story is built image by image
  1. Start with a face
    02:25
    Start with a face
  2. Introduction
    04:05
    Introduction
  3. Genre
    08:41
    Genre
  4. The World
    05:53
    The World
  5. Drawing out the secret character
    05:00
    Drawing out the secret character
  6. Character and story
    08:16
    Character and story
  7. Stuff
    07:22
    Stuff
  8. Obstacles
    04:05
    Obstacles
  9. Choices
    10:01
    Choices
  10. Summary
    01:58
    Summary
  11. Cracking questions
    02:08
    Cracking questions
  12. Writing the Twitchers
    05:00
    Writing the Twitchers
  13. Elle and the characters of The Infinite
    04:35
    Elle and the characters of The Infinite
  14. Gill reads from Willow Wildthing and the Dragon's Egg
    05:44
    Gill reads from Willow Wildthing and the Dragon's Egg
  15. Characters
    01:58
    Characters
  16. I can do this!
    02:32
    I can do this!
  17. Reading The Undefeated
    03:32
    Reading The Undefeated
  18. Slugs and Brain Pâté
    11:48
    Slugs and Brain Pâté
  19. The importance of libraries
    08:10
    The importance of libraries
  20. Ideas and inspirational teachers
    05:32
    Ideas and inspirational teachers
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