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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. How do you come up with names for your characters?
    01:09
    How do you come up with names for your characters?
  10. The Black Flamingo
    05:09
    The Black Flamingo
  11. The life of Matthew Henson
    08:12
    The life of Matthew Henson
  12. What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
    04:19
    What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
  13. What's Sputnik up to?
    00:32
    What's Sputnik up to?
  14. Meeting the Wolf Queen
    02:20
    Meeting the Wolf Queen
  15. Where monsters come from
    03:38
    Where monsters come from
  16. Phil’s presentation
    21:56
    Phil’s presentation
  17. Draw Along
    10:16
    Draw Along
  18. This is a democracy
    00:39
    This is a democracy
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