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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. Who likes stories?
    02:48
    Who likes stories?
  3. Talking in class
    01:47
    Talking in class
  4. Actor Vivian
    03:05
    Actor Vivian
  5. Writing a story down
    02:42
    Writing a story down
  6. Story build (part 1)
    04:03
    Story build (part 1)
  7. Story build (part 2)
    06:21
    Story build (part 2)
  8. Vivian talks titles
    01:18
    Vivian talks titles
  9. Alfie Onion
    08:13
    Alfie Onion
  10. Questions for Vivian
    03:32
    Questions for Vivian
  11. Reading from The Crossing
    04:47
    Reading from The Crossing
  12. Questions from schools
    07:37
    Questions from schools
  13. Konnie Reads From Cookie and the Most Annoying Boy in the World
    05:18
    Konnie Reads From Cookie and the Most Annoying Boy in the World
  14. Konnie’s Love of Science
    02:32
    Konnie’s Love of Science
  15. The power of fantasy fiction
    04:28
    The power of fantasy fiction
  16. Writing Haikus
    08:00
    Writing Haikus
  17. Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?
    00:48
    Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?
  18. Writing – when why how?
    09:26
    Writing – when why how?
  19. Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
    04:28
    Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
  20. How to draw a blobfish
    03:35
    How to draw a blobfish
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