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A question about Charlie and Lola
Lauren explains the importance of childhood to her creative writing
  1. A question about Charlie and Lola
    01:44
    A question about Charlie and Lola
  2. Ghosts of Heaven
    02:56
    Ghosts of Heaven
  3. Spirals and cave art
    02:59
    Spirals and cave art
  4. The beginning of writing
    01:47
    The beginning of writing
  5. The teenage brain
    05:51
    The teenage brain
  6. Writing realistically
    01:59
    Writing realistically
  7. Reading
    03:16
    Reading
  8. Into a dark cave
    01:36
    Into a dark cave
  9. Questions near
    05:54
    Questions near
  10. Questions far
    02:42
    Questions far
  11. Dealing with Racists
    01:11
    Dealing with Racists
  12. Introducing Cookie
    04:11
    Introducing Cookie
  13. Beginnings
    01:47
    Beginnings
  14. Writing – when why how?
    09:26
    Writing – when why how?
  15. Cracking questions
    02:08
    Cracking questions
  16. Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
    04:07
    Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
  17. The real world and the fictional world
    11:22
    The real world and the fictional world
  18. Relationship Behaviour
    01:57
    Relationship Behaviour
  19. Three pointers for writers
    01:10
    Three pointers for writers
  20. Chris McQueer – reading
    03:07
    Chris McQueer – reading
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