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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. Ghosts of Heaven
    02:56
    Ghosts of Heaven
  3. Spirals and cave art
    02:59
    Spirals and cave art
  4. The beginning of writing
    01:47
    The beginning of writing
  5. The teenage brain
    05:51
    The teenage brain
  6. Writing realistically
    01:59
    Writing realistically
  7. Reading
    03:16
    Reading
  8. Into a dark cave
    01:36
    Into a dark cave
  9. Questions near
    05:54
    Questions near
  10. Questions far
    02:42
    Questions far
  11. Audience questions
    03:17
    Audience questions
  12. School Questions
    05:51
    School Questions
  13. Questions from schools
    07:40
    Questions from schools
  14. This is a democracy
    00:39
    This is a democracy
  15. Questions
    04:03
    Questions
  16. Questions from schools
    05:58
    Questions from schools
  17. The poetry community
    01:45
    The poetry community
  18. Kiran’s writing process
    05:08
    Kiran’s writing process
  19. Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
    06:54
    Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
  20. Creating a magical place
    06:49
    Creating a magical place
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