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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. Horrid Henry's Monster Movie
    01:23
    Horrid Henry's Monster Movie
  3. A proof reading
    05:09
    A proof reading
  4. How Henry happened
    05:58
    How Henry happened
  5. Ideas for Henry's stories
    07:00
    Ideas for Henry's stories
  6. Not a Horrid Henry book
    02:16
    Not a Horrid Henry book
  7. Tips for budding writers
    03:41
    Tips for budding writers
  8. Q&A with Francesca Simon
    04:30
    Q&A with Francesca Simon
  9. More Q&A with Francesca Simon
    04:21
    More Q&A with Francesca Simon
  10. A monster quiz
    08:19
    A monster quiz
  11. Questions from the audience
    09:53
    Questions from the audience
  12. Wishes
    01:04
    Wishes
  13. Writing – when why how?
    09:26
    Writing – when why how?
  14. Working with an illustrator
    02:38
    Working with an illustrator
  15. Pupils' questions
    07:21
    Pupils' questions
  16. Reading from Maddy Yip's guide to life
    09:49
    Reading from Maddy Yip's guide to life
  17. Introducing Wain
    00:21
    Introducing Wain
  18. Creating a magical place
    06:49
    Creating a magical place
  19. Wordplay
    14:05
    Wordplay
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