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What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
Author Ross Sayers answers some questions from Wallace High in Stirling.
  1. What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
    04:19
    What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
  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. Reading from 'Luna Loves Dance'
    04:56
    Reading from 'Luna Loves Dance'
  10. What's Sputnik up to?
    00:32
    What's Sputnik up to?
  11. Self-Defence
    02:59
    Self-Defence
  12. How to draw emotions
    04:34
    How to draw emotions
  13. Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
    03:10
    Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
  14. Writing Tips with... Alastair Chisholm
    09:12
    Writing Tips with... Alastair Chisholm
  15. S is for Scots
    03:30
    S is for Scots
  16. UK schools vs American schools
    02:13
    UK schools vs American schools
  17. How to Draw Granville's Body
    07:54
    How to Draw Granville's Body
  18. Reading from The Boy Who Made Monsters
    03:08
    Reading from The Boy Who Made Monsters
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