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Ideas for books
Mia wants to know where Ross gets his ideas for writing books.
  1. Ideas for books
    02:25
    Ideas for books
  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. Gill reads from Willow Wildthing and the Dragon's Egg
    05:44
    Gill reads from Willow Wildthing and the Dragon's Egg
  12. Where The Heart Should Be
    06:14
    Where The Heart Should Be
  13. Draw Along
    10:16
    Draw Along
  14. Phil’s characters
    05:36
    Phil’s characters
  15. Introducing Sav Akyuz
    01:45
    Introducing Sav Akyuz
  16. The life of Matthew Henson
    08:12
    The life of Matthew Henson
  17. Questions from schools
    07:40
    Questions from schools
  18. Prez
    01:14
    Prez
  19. Chris McQueer – reading
    03:07
    Chris McQueer – reading
  20. A sudden idea
    01:52
    A sudden idea
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