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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. Simon Cowell
    00:38
    Simon Cowell
  3. Raj
    01:15
    Raj
  4. Characters
    02:09
    Characters
  5. Finishing feelings
    01:20
    Finishing feelings
  6. School dinners
    00:54
    School dinners
  7. Thames
    01:04
    Thames
  8. Favourite book
    02:25
    Favourite book
  9. Next book
    01:00
    Next book
  10. Favourite author
    01:17
    Favourite author
  11. Gangsta Granny
    12:25
    Gangsta Granny
  12. Readers and writers
    06:47
    Readers and writers
  13. School Questions
    08:45
    School Questions
  14. One frame
    01:29
    One frame
  15. Taking Up Boxing
    03:04
    Taking Up Boxing
  16. Book Introduction
    01:20
    Book Introduction
  17. Questions from Linlithgow Academy
    05:02
    Questions from Linlithgow Academy
  18. Konnie’s Favourite Character
    00:58
    Konnie’s Favourite Character
  19. Question time
    04:36
    Question time
  20. How to draw a cheetah
    07:21
    How to draw a cheetah
  21. Crackledawn
    02:08
    Crackledawn
  22. Sarah’s route into fiction
    07:16
    Sarah’s route into fiction
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