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Scrapbooks and plans
How to take your ideas and turn them into amazing stories
  1. Scrapbooks and plans
    05:43
    Scrapbooks and plans
  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. What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
    03:02
    What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
  12. Scottish words and questions from schools
    08:09
    Scottish words and questions from schools
  13. How to Draw Granville's Body
    07:54
    How to Draw Granville's Body
  14. Social media and influencers
    03:10
    Social media and influencers
  15. Alastair’s influences
    00:28
    Alastair’s influences
  16. Sputnik
    00:55
    Sputnik
  17. Introducing us to new historical figures
    02:35
    Introducing us to new historical figures
  18. Final thoughts
    01:33
    Final thoughts
  19. Room on the Broom in Scots
    08:13
    Room on the Broom in Scots
  20. Studio questions
    02:06
    Studio questions
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