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Questions from the audience
Patience answers some questions from the pupils in the studio and in schools.
  1. Questions from the audience
    05:40
    Questions from the audience
  2. Scots
    01:14
    Scots
  3. Writing in Scots
    01:54
    Writing in Scots
  4. Minging!
    00:42
    Minging!
  5. Taking on Roald Dahl
    02:40
    Taking on Roald Dahl
  6. The right words
    02:22
    The right words
  7. Quentin Blake
    00:42
    Quentin Blake
  8. A reading in Scots
    02:35
    A reading in Scots
  9. Questions
    01:21
    Questions
  10. More questions
    03:14
    More questions
  11. Even more questions
    03:39
    Even more questions
  12. Translating into Gaelic
    00:53
    Translating into Gaelic
  13. Process of illustration and writing
    01:40
    Process of illustration and writing
  14. Reading of The River
    04:08
    Reading of The River
  15. Reading from The Infinite
    05:46
    Reading from The Infinite
  16. A sudden idea
    01:52
    A sudden idea
  17. School days
    03:57
    School days
  18. Draw the Light Ship
    05:16
    Draw the Light Ship
  19. How do you come up with names for your characters?
    01:09
    How do you come up with names for your characters?
  20. What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
    04:19
    What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
  21. Going around gardens!
    03:12
    Going around gardens!
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