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Ideas for books
Mia wants to know where Ross gets his ideas for writing books.
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    02:25
    Ideas for books
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    Ghosts of Heaven
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    Spirals and cave art
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    The beginning of writing
  5. The teenage brain
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  17. A sudden idea
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