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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. 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. Ideas
    03:35
    Ideas
  10. Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
    04:28
    Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
  11. The World of the Wolf Queen
    04:14
    The World of the Wolf Queen
  12. Gil's bug hospital
    05:28
    Gil's bug hospital
  13. Stories are people
    01:59
    Stories are people
  14. Cookie’s Brain Busting Quiz
    06:44
    Cookie’s Brain Busting Quiz
  15. Writing historical fiction
    03:58
    Writing historical fiction
  16. Why comics matter
    06:03
    Why comics matter
  17. The real world and the fictional world
    11:22
    The real world and the fictional world
  18. Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?
    00:48
    Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?
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