My First Story 1: Ideas

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Where do ideas come from? Writers and schoolchildren talk about their first attempts at writing, and children's author Ciaran Murtagh gives his personal tips on coming up with ideas. He demonstrates what he calls his "dictionary trick" for sparking stories, and puts his imagination to the test when he accepts a challenge to come up with a story on the spot, involving two mystery items drawn from a bag ....