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Creating a magical place
Find out how author Ross MacKenzie creates magical places for his books.
  1. Creating a magical place
    06:49
    Creating a magical place
  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. Questions from schools
    05:21
    Questions from schools
  10. How Books Start
    06:40
    How Books Start
  11. How Catherine works
    00:59
    How Catherine works
  12. Early drawings
    00:49
    Early drawings
  13. Names and Questions
    07:57
    Names and Questions
  14. Questions from schools
    05:22
    Questions from schools
  15. Working with an illustrator
    02:38
    Working with an illustrator
  16. Respecting each other
    01:57
    Respecting each other
  17. Creating a Poem
    08:58
    Creating a Poem
  18. Three pointers for writers
    01:10
    Three pointers for writers
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