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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. The real world and the fictional world
    11:22
    The real world and the fictional world
  10. Forrester High's 2048 Predictions
    02:35
    Forrester High's 2048 Predictions
  11. Brian’s writing and favourite books
    04:33
    Brian’s writing and favourite books
  12. Questions from schools
    05:58
    Questions from schools
  13. Becoming an Author
    00:58
    Becoming an Author
  14. Where monsters come from
    03:38
    Where monsters come from
  15. Phil’s characters
    05:36
    Phil’s characters
  16. A monster quiz
    08:19
    A monster quiz
  17. Scottish words and questions from schools
    08:09
    Scottish words and questions from schools
  18. I can do this!
    02:32
    I can do this!
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