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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. Konnie’s Favourite Character
    00:58
    Konnie’s Favourite Character
  12. Schools questions
    09:55
    Schools questions
  13. Sarah’s route into fiction
    07:16
    Sarah’s route into fiction
  14. S is for Scots
    03:30
    S is for Scots
  15. Ideas
    03:35
    Ideas
  16. Rachel’s books and inspirations
    06:29
    Rachel’s books and inspirations
  17. The story rollercoaster
    00:58
    The story rollercoaster
  18. Storyboard
    03:26
    Storyboard
  19. The Great Storm Whale reading
    06:27
    The Great Storm Whale reading
  20. Reading from The Infinite
    05:46
    Reading from The Infinite
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