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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. The Undefeated
    01:19
    The Undefeated
  12. Storyboard
    03:26
    Storyboard
  13. Chris McQueer – reading
    03:07
    Chris McQueer – reading
  14. Introducing Wain
    00:21
    Introducing Wain
  15. There’s Nothing Cuter Than A Puppy
    06:17
    There’s Nothing Cuter Than A Puppy
  16. Is it easier or harder to write a trilogy?
    01:45
    Is it easier or harder to write a trilogy?
  17. Introducing Cookie
    04:11
    Introducing Cookie
  18. Questions and Answers
    06:15
    Questions and Answers
  19. One frame
    01:29
    One frame
  20. A question from Twitter
    01:07
    A question from Twitter
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