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Writing Haikus
Brian explains how haikus work and challenges you to write your own!
  1. Writing Haikus
    08:00
    Writing Haikus
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    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?
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  10. Cracking questions
    02:08
    Cracking questions
  11. Characters
    01:58
    Characters
  12. Reading of The Gecko and the Echo
    05:25
    Reading of The Gecko and the Echo
  13. Whuppity Stoorie by Lari Don
    16:05
    Whuppity Stoorie by Lari Don
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    03:10
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  15. Why comics matter
    06:03
    Why comics matter
  16. Start with a face
    02:25
    Start with a face
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    01:05
    Would any of your characters make a good therapet?
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    05:50
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