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How Books Start
Nikesh tells us how he gets ideas for books.
  1. How Books Start
    06:40
    How Books Start
  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. Birdspotting Quiz
    05:46
    Birdspotting Quiz
  13. Early drawings
    00:49
    Early drawings
  14. Questions from schools
    08:14
    Questions from schools
  15. Reluctant reader to avid writer
    08:03
    Reluctant reader to avid writer
  16. How to Train Your Dragon reading
    04:38
    How to Train Your Dragon reading
  17. The power of fantasy fiction
    04:28
    The power of fantasy fiction
  18. The real world and the fictional world
    11:22
    The real world and the fictional world
  19. Box Yourself
    03:44
    Box Yourself
  20. Sarah’s route into fiction
    07:16
    Sarah’s route into fiction
  21. Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
    06:54
    Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
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