Get a Squiggle On: Jan Page and Mellie Buse

Friday 8 July 2011, 16:22

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With only a week left to enter our CBeebies new writing competition, Get a Squiggle On, while you're in the midst of putting the finishing touches to your scripts - we thought you could do with a bit of encouragement from the experts. We met recently with the lovely Jan Page and Mellie Buse, writers and creators of Grandpa in my Pocket, to talk about the challenges and rewards of writing for a preschool TV audience.

Watch the clips below for their advice on writing scripts that make the little ones tick (we'll have more for you next week):

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To find out how to enter Get a Squiggle On and win the chance to develop your idea alongside the Cbeebies team, visit the competition page.

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