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Developing your voice
The writers talk about how they created their own distinctive styles.
  1. Developing your voice
    02:24
    Developing your voice
  2. Scots
    01:14
    Scots
  3. Writing in Scots
    01:54
    Writing in Scots
  4. Minging!
    00:42
    Minging!
  5. Taking on Roald Dahl
    02:40
    Taking on Roald Dahl
  6. The right words
    02:22
    The right words
  7. Quentin Blake
    00:42
    Quentin Blake
  8. A reading in Scots
    02:35
    A reading in Scots
  9. Questions
    01:21
    Questions
  10. More questions
    03:14
    More questions
  11. Even more questions
    03:39
    Even more questions
  12. Book Introduction
    01:20
    Book Introduction
  13. Reluctant reader to avid writer
    08:03
    Reluctant reader to avid writer
  14. How did you learn to draw?
    00:36
    How did you learn to draw?
  15. Final thoughts
    01:33
    Final thoughts
  16. Discussing illustration
    03:51
    Discussing illustration
  17. Orion Lost reading
    02:48
    Orion Lost reading
  18. Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
    06:54
    Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
  19. Inspirations and Escaped Terrapin
    08:22
    Inspirations and Escaped Terrapin
  20. Tom and Ross on starting to write and draw
    05:14
    Tom and Ross on starting to write and draw
  21. Gill reads from Willow Wildthing and the Dragon's Egg
    05:44
    Gill reads from Willow Wildthing and the Dragon's Egg
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