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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. There’s Nothing Faster Than a Cheetah
    03:53
    There’s Nothing Faster Than a Cheetah
  13. Writing Haikus
    08:00
    Writing Haikus
  14. Questions from schools
    05:22
    Questions from schools
  15. Manjeet’s writing process
    07:37
    Manjeet’s writing process
  16. Working with an illustrator
    02:38
    Working with an illustrator
  17. A question about Charlie and Lola
    01:44
    A question about Charlie and Lola
  18. Writing – when why how?
    09:26
    Writing – when why how?
  19. The Selkie and Finfolkaheem
    03:48
    The Selkie and Finfolkaheem
  20. Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
    03:10
    Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
  21. Who is Josh Bell?
    01:03
    Who is Josh Bell?
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