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Three pointers for writers
Elizabeth Laird gives her three top tips for writers
  1. Three pointers for writers
    01:10
    Three pointers for writers
  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. Reluctant reader to avid writer
    08:03
    Reluctant reader to avid writer
  14. Cookie’s Brain Busting Quiz
    06:44
    Cookie’s Brain Busting Quiz
  15. Re-imagining Scottish folklore
    01:48
    Re-imagining Scottish folklore
  16. Introducing Cookie
    04:11
    Introducing Cookie
  17. Respecting each other
    01:57
    Respecting each other
  18. Health and Medicine
    04:36
    Health and Medicine
  19. Beginnings
    01:47
    Beginnings
  20. Reading of The Gecko and the Echo
    05:25
    Reading of The Gecko and the Echo
  21. Questions from Linlithgow Academy
    05:02
    Questions from Linlithgow Academy
  22. How did you learn to draw?
    00:36
    How did you learn to draw?
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