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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. Pupils' questions
    07:21
    Pupils' questions
  12. Elle and the characters of The Infinite
    04:35
    Elle and the characters of The Infinite
  13. Don't Kvetch
    01:55
    Don't Kvetch
  14. The Selkie and Finfolkaheem
    03:48
    The Selkie and Finfolkaheem
  15. Boogie Woogie Buggy
    01:41
    Boogie Woogie Buggy
  16. School Questions
    08:45
    School Questions
  17. Characters and Themes
    04:51
    Characters and Themes
  18. A novel in verse
    01:02
    A novel in verse
  19. Questions from schools
    07:16
    Questions from schools
  20. Fan fiction of your life!
    01:05
    Fan fiction of your life!
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