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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. 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. How do you come up with names for your characters?
    01:09
    How do you come up with names for your characters?
  14. Stories and puzzles
    01:34
    Stories and puzzles
  15. Making the change
    03:33
    Making the change
  16. Birdspotting Quiz
    05:46
    Birdspotting Quiz
  17. Creating a magical place
    06:49
    Creating a magical place
  18. What's Sputnik up to?
    00:32
    What's Sputnik up to?
  19. Elle and the characters of The Infinite
    04:35
    Elle and the characters of The Infinite
  20. Reading from 'Daisy on the Outer Line'
    06:17
    Reading from 'Daisy on the Outer Line'
  21. Questions and Answers
    06:15
    Questions and Answers
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