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Writing Tips with... Alastair Chisholm
Alastair talks about his writing and gives some advice to aspiring writers.
  1. Writing Tips with... Alastair Chisholm
    09:12
    Writing Tips with... Alastair Chisholm
  2. Move it
    00:51
    Move it
  3. My dad knows everything
    04:26
    My dad knows everything
  4. Return of the bendy, bendy toothbrush
    05:50
    Return of the bendy, bendy toothbrush
  5. The noise!
    03:52
    The noise!
  6. The space
    01:18
    The space
  7. What is your favourite piece of work that you've written? What is your most treasured possession?
    03:19
    What is your favourite piece of work that you've written? What is your most treasured possession?
  8. Where do you get your ideas from? What is a poem?
    04:33
    Where do you get your ideas from? What is a poem?
  9. Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
    04:28
    Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
  10. Favourite Scots Words
    04:20
    Favourite Scots Words
  11. How do you come up with names for your characters?
    01:09
    How do you come up with names for your characters?
  12. How Books Start
    06:40
    How Books Start
  13. Introducing Sav Akyuz
    01:45
    Introducing Sav Akyuz
  14. Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
    04:07
    Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
  15. More questions for Sav
    02:00
    More questions for Sav
  16. Have a go!
    01:10
    Have a go!
  17. Questions and Answers
    06:15
    Questions and Answers
  18. Daisy on the Outer Line
    02:34
    Daisy on the Outer Line
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