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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. Introducing Cookie
    04:11
    Introducing Cookie
  3. Konnie Reads From Cookie and the Most Annoying Boy in the World
    05:18
    Konnie Reads From Cookie and the Most Annoying Boy in the World
  4. Cookie’s Brain Busting Quiz
    06:44
    Cookie’s Brain Busting Quiz
  5. Konnie’s Love of Science
    02:32
    Konnie’s Love of Science
  6. Illustrating the Book
    02:15
    Illustrating the Book
  7. Pets
    00:55
    Pets
  8. Inspiration
    02:14
    Inspiration
  9. Hooked on Reading
    03:03
    Hooked on Reading
  10. Becoming an Author
    00:58
    Becoming an Author
  11. Konnie’s Favourite Character
    00:58
    Konnie’s Favourite Character
  12. More Cookie Books
    01:04
    More Cookie Books
  13. Feather reading
    06:20
    Feather reading
  14. Writing the Twitchers
    05:00
    Writing the Twitchers
  15. Questions
    04:03
    Questions
  16. Questions from schools
    08:14
    Questions from schools
  17. How did you plan the structure of the novel?
    02:38
    How did you plan the structure of the novel?
  18. How did you learn to draw?
    00:36
    How did you learn to draw?
  19. How to draw a cheetah
    07:21
    How to draw a cheetah
  20. Stories are people
    01:59
    Stories are people
  21. Bumble and Snug reading
    04:07
    Bumble and Snug reading
  22. Tom and Ross on starting to write and draw
    05:14
    Tom and Ross on starting to write and draw
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