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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. Introducing James
    01:39
    Introducing James
  3. How James got started
    03:33
    How James got started
  4. A pirate picture story
    10:15
    A pirate picture story
  5. Picturing Nessie
    04:01
    Picturing Nessie
  6. Q&A with James Mayhew
    11:26
    Q&A with James Mayhew
  7. Questions from schools
    05:21
    Questions from schools
  8. No Breathing in Class
    04:08
    No Breathing in Class
  9. Using Scotland as a setting
    01:06
    Using Scotland as a setting
  10. Ideas for books
    02:25
    Ideas for books
  11. Sport brings us together
    02:36
    Sport brings us together
  12. Steven Lenton's illustrations
    00:35
    Steven Lenton's illustrations
  13. Questions from pupils
    02:50
    Questions from pupils
  14. Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
    03:10
    Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
  15. Manjeet’s writing process
    07:37
    Manjeet’s writing process
  16. The Selkie and Finfolkaheem
    03:48
    The Selkie and Finfolkaheem
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