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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. Scots
    01:14
    Scots
  3. Writing in Scots
    01:54
    Writing in Scots
  4. Minging!
    00:42
    Minging!
  5. Taking on Roald Dahl
    02:40
    Taking on Roald Dahl
  6. The right words
    02:22
    The right words
  7. Quentin Blake
    00:42
    Quentin Blake
  8. A reading in Scots
    02:35
    A reading in Scots
  9. Questions
    01:21
    Questions
  10. More questions
    03:14
    More questions
  11. Even more questions
    03:39
    Even more questions
  12. Hallowe'en in Scotland
    06:14
    Hallowe'en in Scotland
  13. The story rollercoaster
    00:58
    The story rollercoaster
  14. Favourite Scots Words
    04:20
    Favourite Scots Words
  15. Health and Medicine
    04:36
    Health and Medicine
  16. Reading from Maddy Yip's guide to life
    09:49
    Reading from Maddy Yip's guide to life
  17. How did you plan the structure of the novel?
    02:38
    How did you plan the structure of the novel?
  18. A reading from Elizabeth
    02:18
    A reading from Elizabeth
  19. Draw Noi and his dad
    10:03
    Draw Noi and his dad
  20. A question from Blake
    01:15
    A question from Blake
  21. Early drawings
    00:49
    Early drawings
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