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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. What is the Nowhere Emporium?
    00:45
    What is the Nowhere Emporium?
  10. Social media and influencers
    03:10
    Social media and influencers
  11. Translating into Gaelic
    00:53
    Translating into Gaelic
  12. The Selkie and Finfolkaheem
    03:48
    The Selkie and Finfolkaheem
  13. Introduction to the Twitchers
    05:50
    Introduction to the Twitchers
  14. Questions from pupils
    02:50
    Questions from pupils
  15. Cat Hepburn – poetry reading
    03:40
    Cat Hepburn – poetry reading
  16. What inspired Ross MacKenzie to continue with his series of books?
    01:13
    What inspired Ross MacKenzie to continue with his series of books?
  17. Fan fiction of your life!
    01:05
    Fan fiction of your life!
  18. School Questions
    05:51
    School Questions
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