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What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
Author Ross Sayers answers some questions from Wallace High in Stirling.
  1. What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
    04:19
    What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
  2. Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
    02:52
    Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
  3. Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
    03:10
    Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
  4. Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
    06:54
    Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
  5. Reading The Gruffalo in Gaelic
    07:30
    Reading The Gruffalo in Gaelic
  6. Translating into Gaelic
    00:53
    Translating into Gaelic
  7. Discovering New Words
    03:16
    Discovering New Words
  8. Favourite Scots Words
    04:20
    Favourite Scots Words
  9. Reading from The Infinite
    05:46
    Reading from The Infinite
  10. Re-imagining Scottish folklore
    01:48
    Re-imagining Scottish folklore
  11. Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
    04:28
    Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
  12. Pupils' questions
    07:21
    Pupils' questions
  13. Introducing Sav Akyuz
    01:45
    Introducing Sav Akyuz
  14. Rewilding and creating a space for nature
    09:01
    Rewilding and creating a space for nature
  15. A question from Twitter
    01:07
    A question from Twitter
  16. What inspired Ross MacKenzie to continue with his series of books?
    01:13
    What inspired Ross MacKenzie to continue with his series of books?
  17. The life of Matthew Henson
    08:12
    The life of Matthew Henson
  18. Reading from Grimwood: Attack of the Stink Monster
    06:54
    Reading from Grimwood: Attack of the Stink Monster
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