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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. Ghosts of Heaven
    02:56
    Ghosts of Heaven
  3. Spirals and cave art
    02:59
    Spirals and cave art
  4. The beginning of writing
    01:47
    The beginning of writing
  5. The teenage brain
    05:51
    The teenage brain
  6. Writing realistically
    01:59
    Writing realistically
  7. Reading
    03:16
    Reading
  8. Into a dark cave
    01:36
    Into a dark cave
  9. Questions near
    05:54
    Questions near
  10. Questions far
    02:42
    Questions far
  11. Is it easier or harder to write a trilogy?
    01:45
    Is it easier or harder to write a trilogy?
  12. Discussing illustration
    03:51
    Discussing illustration
  13. Reading from The Crossover
    04:17
    Reading from The Crossover
  14. Books and confidence
    01:08
    Books and confidence
  15. Writing – when why how?
    09:26
    Writing – when why how?
  16. Whuppity Stoorie by Lari Don
    16:05
    Whuppity Stoorie by Lari Don
  17. The Otherwhere Emporium reading
    04:21
    The Otherwhere Emporium reading
  18. A monster quiz
    08:19
    A monster quiz
  19. Using Scotland as a setting
    01:06
    Using Scotland as a setting
  20. Questions
    04:03
    Questions
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