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Stories are people
Alastair talks about how he loves stories about people
  1. Stories are people
    01:59
    Stories are people
  2. Introduction
    04:05
    Introduction
  3. Genre
    08:41
    Genre
  4. The World
    05:53
    The World
  5. Drawing out the secret character
    05:00
    Drawing out the secret character
  6. Character and story
    08:16
    Character and story
  7. Stuff
    07:22
    Stuff
  8. Obstacles
    04:05
    Obstacles
  9. Choices
    10:01
    Choices
  10. Summary
    01:58
    Summary
  11. The poetry community
    01:45
    The poetry community
  12. Our Tower reading
    06:12
    Our Tower reading
  13. Introducing The Black Flamingo
    00:27
    Introducing The Black Flamingo
  14. The main characters
    03:46
    The main characters
  15. Introduction to the Twitchers
    05:50
    Introduction to the Twitchers
  16. Cookie’s Brain Busting Quiz
    06:44
    Cookie’s Brain Busting Quiz
  17. Relationship Behaviour
    01:57
    Relationship Behaviour
  18. Daisy on the Outer Line
    02:34
    Daisy on the Outer Line
  19. A novel in verse
    01:02
    A novel in verse
  20. Questions from the audience
    09:53
    Questions from the audience
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