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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. Writing Haikus
    08:00
    Writing Haikus
  10. School days
    03:57
    School days
  11. One frame
    01:29
    One frame
  12. The life of Matthew Henson
    08:12
    The life of Matthew Henson
  13. The right words in the right order
    02:38
    The right words in the right order
  14. The hero birds
    03:03
    The hero birds
  15. Book Introduction
    01:20
    Book Introduction
  16. Sport brings us together
    02:36
    Sport brings us together
  17. Working with young writers
    01:12
    Working with young writers
  18. Poetry is everywhere
    14:55
    Poetry is everywhere
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