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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. Illustrating the Book
    02:15
    Illustrating the Book
  12. A reading from Elizabeth
    02:18
    A reading from Elizabeth
  13. Studio questions
    02:06
    Studio questions
  14. Working with young writers
    01:12
    Working with young writers
  15. Hooked on Reading
    03:03
    Hooked on Reading
  16. A sudden idea
    01:52
    A sudden idea
  17. Audience questions
    03:17
    Audience questions
  18. He Had a Little Sticker
    01:25
    He Had a Little Sticker
  19. Schools questions
    09:55
    Schools questions
  20. How Catherine works
    00:59
    How Catherine works
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