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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. Stuck and The Incredible Book Eating Boy
    12:12
    Stuck and The Incredible Book Eating Boy
  3. Hueys
    11:15
    Hueys
  4. Q&A with Oliver Jeffers
    09:47
    Q&A with Oliver Jeffers
  5. Creating a Poem
    08:58
    Creating a Poem
  6. Questions from Schools
    09:36
    Questions from Schools
  7. The World of the Crossing
    08:03
    The World of the Crossing
  8. How do you come up with names for your characters?
    01:09
    How do you come up with names for your characters?
  9. Wordplay
    14:05
    Wordplay
  10. School days and writing
    07:07
    School days and writing
  11. Scrapbooks and plans
    05:43
    Scrapbooks and plans
  12. Cookie’s Brain Busting Quiz
    06:44
    Cookie’s Brain Busting Quiz
  13. What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
    04:19
    What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
  14. A question from Blake
    01:15
    A question from Blake
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