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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. Scots
    01:14
    Scots
  3. Writing in Scots
    01:54
    Writing in Scots
  4. Minging!
    00:42
    Minging!
  5. Taking on Roald Dahl
    02:40
    Taking on Roald Dahl
  6. The right words
    02:22
    The right words
  7. Quentin Blake
    00:42
    Quentin Blake
  8. A reading in Scots
    02:35
    A reading in Scots
  9. Questions
    01:21
    Questions
  10. More questions
    03:14
    More questions
  11. Even more questions
    03:39
    Even more questions
  12. Working with young writers
    01:12
    Working with young writers
  13. How Catherine works
    00:59
    How Catherine works
  14. Weather and climate
    00:56
    Weather and climate
  15. Toxic Relationships
    04:42
    Toxic Relationships
  16. Cardboard Cowboys reading
    05:01
    Cardboard Cowboys reading
  17. How Does Your Own Personal Experience Shape Your Writing?
    02:32
    How Does Your Own Personal Experience Shape Your Writing?
  18. The origins of 'Lads'
    06:09
    The origins of 'Lads'
  19. Characters
    01:58
    Characters
  20. How to draw a blobfish
    03:35
    How to draw a blobfish
  21. Reading from Maddy Yip's guide to life
    09:49
    Reading from Maddy Yip's guide to life
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