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Stories and puzzles
Alastair talks about how he first got into writing books
  1. Stories and puzzles
    01:34
    Stories and puzzles
  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. Konnie’s Love of Science
    02:32
    Konnie’s Love of Science
  12. Ideas
    03:35
    Ideas
  13. The poetry community
    01:45
    The poetry community
  14. Favourite book
    00:45
    Favourite book
  15. Writing Haikus
    08:00
    Writing Haikus
  16. Inspirations and Escaped Terrapin
    08:22
    Inspirations and Escaped Terrapin
  17. Drawing Bugbops
    10:18
    Drawing Bugbops
  18. The story rollercoaster
    00:58
    The story rollercoaster
  19. Questions from the audience
    05:40
    Questions from the audience
  20. Audience questions
    03:17
    Audience questions
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