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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. Schools questions
    09:55
    Schools questions
  13. Read a long
    04:36
    Read a long
  14. What inspired Ross MacKenzie to continue with his series of books?
    01:13
    What inspired Ross MacKenzie to continue with his series of books?
  15. Writing the Twitchers
    05:00
    Writing the Twitchers
  16. The life of Matthew Henson
    08:12
    The life of Matthew Henson
  17. He Had a Little Sticker
    01:25
    He Had a Little Sticker
  18. Health and Medicine
    04:36
    Health and Medicine
  19. Desert island books
    02:27
    Desert island books
  20. Joyful Poetry
    00:53
    Joyful Poetry
  21. How do you come up with names for your characters?
    01:09
    How do you come up with names for your characters?
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