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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. Bendy, bendy toothbrush
    03:49
    Bendy, bendy toothbrush
  3. Book titles
    03:49
    Book titles
  4. Going through the old photos
    06:17
    Going through the old photos
  5. Hand on the bridge
    02:21
    Hand on the bridge
  6. If you weren't writing poetry books for children what would you like to have done instead?
    02:29
    If you weren't writing poetry books for children what would you like to have done instead?
  7. The World of the Crossing
    08:03
    The World of the Crossing
  8. Reading of The Gecko and the Echo
    05:25
    Reading of The Gecko and the Echo
  9. The real world and the fictional world
    11:22
    The real world and the fictional world
  10. One frame
    01:29
    One frame
  11. Comics
    04:26
    Comics
  12. Writing the Twitchers
    05:00
    Writing the Twitchers
  13. Start with a face
    02:25
    Start with a face
  14. Writing historical fiction
    03:58
    Writing historical fiction
  15. What is the Nowhere Emporium?
    00:45
    What is the Nowhere Emporium?
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