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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. Move it
    00:51
    Move it
  3. My dad knows everything
    04:26
    My dad knows everything
  4. Return of the bendy, bendy toothbrush
    05:50
    Return of the bendy, bendy toothbrush
  5. The noise!
    03:52
    The noise!
  6. The space
    01:18
    The space
  7. What is your favourite piece of work that you've written? What is your most treasured possession?
    03:19
    What is your favourite piece of work that you've written? What is your most treasured possession?
  8. Where do you get your ideas from? What is a poem?
    04:33
    Where do you get your ideas from? What is a poem?
  9. The World of the Crossing
    08:03
    The World of the Crossing
  10. Wordplay
    14:05
    Wordplay
  11. Poet recommendations
    02:45
    Poet recommendations
  12. Where The Heart Should Be
    06:14
    Where The Heart Should Be
  13. Sarah’s route into fiction
    07:16
    Sarah’s route into fiction
  14. Questions from schools
    06:06
    Questions from schools
  15. What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
    04:19
    What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
  16. Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
    06:54
    Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
  17. Children’s Laureate
    03:24
    Children’s Laureate
  18. Questions from schools
    05:40
    Questions from schools
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