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Y is for Young Adult
Ross shares some tips for writing books for young adults.
  1. Y is for Young Adult
    03:43
    Y is for Young Adult
  2. Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
    02:52
    Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
  3. Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
    03:10
    Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
  4. Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
    06:54
    Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
  5. Reading The Gruffalo in Gaelic
    07:30
    Reading The Gruffalo in Gaelic
  6. Translating into Gaelic
    00:53
    Translating into Gaelic
  7. Discovering New Words
    03:16
    Discovering New Words
  8. Favourite Scots Words
    04:20
    Favourite Scots Words
  9. A novel in verse
    01:02
    A novel in verse
  10. Questions from schools
    07:16
    Questions from schools
  11. Question time
    04:36
    Question time
  12. Drawing Bugbops
    10:18
    Drawing Bugbops
  13. Meeting the Wolf Queen
    02:20
    Meeting the Wolf Queen
  14. Using Scotland as a setting
    01:06
    Using Scotland as a setting
  15. Working with an illustrator
    02:38
    Working with an illustrator
  16. Why comics matter
    06:03
    Why comics matter
  17. Characters and Themes
    04:51
    Characters and Themes
  18. How did you plan the structure of the novel?
    02:38
    How did you plan the structure of the novel?
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