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Scrapbooks and plans
How to take your ideas and turn them into amazing stories
  1. Scrapbooks and plans
    05:43
    Scrapbooks and plans
  2. Book Introduction
    01:20
    Book Introduction
  3. Reading from The Boxer
    01:42
    Reading from The Boxer
  4. How to Start Writing a Book
    06:40
    How to Start Writing a Book
  5. It Does Matter
    02:17
    It Does Matter
  6. Dealing with Racists
    01:11
    Dealing with Racists
  7. Taking Up Boxing
    03:04
    Taking Up Boxing
  8. Box Yourself
    03:44
    Box Yourself
  9. Self-Defence
    02:59
    Self-Defence
  10. Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
    04:07
    Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
  11. Question and Answer - Part 1
    05:57
    Question and Answer - Part 1
  12. Question and Answer - Part 2
    04:39
    Question and Answer - Part 2
  13. School days and writing
    07:07
    School days and writing
  14. Would any of your characters make a good therapet?
    01:05
    Would any of your characters make a good therapet?
  15. Bumble and Snug reading
    04:07
    Bumble and Snug reading
  16. 100 Words on Friendship
    01:14
    100 Words on Friendship
  17. The main characters
    03:46
    The main characters
  18. Names and Questions
    07:57
    Names and Questions
  19. The Otherwhere Emporium reading
    04:21
    The Otherwhere Emporium reading
  20. Authors Live with Ross Sayers
    31:15
    Authors Live with Ross Sayers
  21. What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
    04:19
    What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
  22. Going around gardens!
    03:12
    Going around gardens!
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