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Ideas for books
Mia wants to know where Ross gets his ideas for writing books.
  1. Ideas for books
    02:25
    Ideas for books
  2. Move it
    00:51
    Move it
  3. My dad knows everything
    04:26
    My dad knows everything
  4. Return of the bendy, bendy toothbrush
    05:50
    Return of the bendy, bendy toothbrush
  5. The noise!
    03:52
    The noise!
  6. The space
    01:18
    The space
  7. What is your favourite piece of work that you've written? What is your most treasured possession?
    03:19
    What is your favourite piece of work that you've written? What is your most treasured possession?
  8. Where do you get your ideas from? What is a poem?
    04:33
    Where do you get your ideas from? What is a poem?
  9. Questions from schools
    04:02
    Questions from schools
  10. Sarah’s route into fiction
    07:16
    Sarah’s route into fiction
  11. Discovering New Words
    03:16
    Discovering New Words
  12. A first science fiction novel
    00:44
    A first science fiction novel
  13. It Does Matter
    02:17
    It Does Matter
  14. Writing the Twitchers
    05:00
    Writing the Twitchers
  15. Writing – when why how?
    09:26
    Writing – when why how?
  16. Konnie’s Love of Science
    02:32
    Konnie’s Love of Science
  17. Writing Haikus
    08:00
    Writing Haikus
  18. A sudden idea
    01:52
    A sudden idea
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