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What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
Author Ross Sayers answers some questions from Wallace High in Stirling.
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    04:19
    What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
  2. How to be a writer
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    How to be a writer
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  4. Sketch it out!
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  5. Everything is cool!
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  6. The Elephant in the Garden
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  7. Q&A with Michael Morpurgo
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    A Dog with Nice Ears
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  15. Persistence
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    Persistence
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    05:50
    Introduction to the Twitchers
  17. The Great Storm Whale reading
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    The Great Storm Whale reading
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