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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. 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. How to draw emotions
    04:34
    How to draw emotions
  12. Walking and talking
    02:23
    Walking and talking
  13. Cookie’s Brain Busting Quiz
    06:44
    Cookie’s Brain Busting Quiz
  14. Draw the Light Ship
    05:16
    Draw the Light Ship
  15. School days and writing
    07:07
    School days and writing
  16. Reading of The Gecko and the Echo
    05:25
    Reading of The Gecko and the Echo
  17. Reading from The Crossing
    04:47
    Reading from The Crossing
  18. How does Ross feel about writing and completing books?
    07:11
    How does Ross feel about writing and completing books?
  19. Finding the bear
    01:06
    Finding the bear
  20. How to draw a blobfish
    03:35
    How to draw a blobfish
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