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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. Move it
    00:51
    Move it
  3. My dad knows everything
    04:26
    My dad knows everything
  4. Return of the bendy, bendy toothbrush
    05:50
    Return of the bendy, bendy toothbrush
  5. The noise!
    03:52
    The noise!
  6. The space
    01:18
    The space
  7. What is your favourite piece of work that you've written? What is your most treasured possession?
    03:19
    What is your favourite piece of work that you've written? What is your most treasured possession?
  8. Where do you get your ideas from? What is a poem?
    04:33
    Where do you get your ideas from? What is a poem?
  9. This is a democracy
    00:39
    This is a democracy
  10. Re-imagining Scottish folklore
    01:48
    Re-imagining Scottish folklore
  11. How Does Your Own Personal Experience Shape Your Writing?
    02:32
    How Does Your Own Personal Experience Shape Your Writing?
  12. Alastair’s influences
    00:28
    Alastair’s influences
  13. Writing historical fiction
    03:58
    Writing historical fiction
  14. Questions from schools
    07:40
    Questions from schools
  15. Respecting each other
    01:57
    Respecting each other
  16. Wordplay
    14:05
    Wordplay
  17. Draw the Light Ship
    05:16
    Draw the Light Ship
  18. Steven Lenton's illustrations
    00:35
    Steven Lenton's illustrations
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