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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. D is for Dialogue
    03:04
    D is for Dialogue
  12. Audience questions
    03:17
    Audience questions
  13. Using Scotland as a setting
    01:06
    Using Scotland as a setting
  14. School days and writing
    07:07
    School days and writing
  15. Cookie’s Brain Busting Quiz
    06:44
    Cookie’s Brain Busting Quiz
  16. How to Draw Granville's Body
    07:54
    How to Draw Granville's Body
  17. Authors Live with Holly Bourne
    34:04
    Authors Live with Holly Bourne
  18. Introducing us to new historical figures
    02:35
    Introducing us to new historical figures
  19. The main characters
    03:46
    The main characters
  20. Sue's early influences
    04:42
    Sue's early influences
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