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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. Simon Cowell
    00:38
    Simon Cowell
  3. Raj
    01:15
    Raj
  4. Characters
    02:09
    Characters
  5. Finishing feelings
    01:20
    Finishing feelings
  6. School dinners
    00:54
    School dinners
  7. Thames
    01:04
    Thames
  8. Favourite book
    02:25
    Favourite book
  9. Next book
    01:00
    Next book
  10. Favourite author
    01:17
    Favourite author
  11. Gangsta Granny
    12:25
    Gangsta Granny
  12. Readers and writers
    06:47
    Readers and writers
  13. Start with a face
    02:25
    Start with a face
  14. Cookie’s Brain Busting Quiz
    06:44
    Cookie’s Brain Busting Quiz
  15. Stories are people
    01:59
    Stories are people
  16. School Questions
    08:45
    School Questions
  17. Creating a Poem
    08:58
    Creating a Poem
  18. Introduction to the Twitchers
    05:50
    Introduction to the Twitchers
  19. Acting and Writing
    05:49
    Acting and Writing
  20. Twitch reading
    05:36
    Twitch reading
  21. A question about Charlie and Lola
    01:44
    A question about Charlie and Lola
  22. I can do this!
    02:32
    I can do this!
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