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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. Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
    02:52
    Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
  3. Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
    03:10
    Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
  4. Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
    06:54
    Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
  5. Reading The Gruffalo in Gaelic
    07:30
    Reading The Gruffalo in Gaelic
  6. Translating into Gaelic
    00:53
    Translating into Gaelic
  7. Discovering New Words
    03:16
    Discovering New Words
  8. Favourite Scots Words
    04:20
    Favourite Scots Words
  9. The origins of 'Lads'
    06:09
    The origins of 'Lads'
  10. Questions from Schools
    09:36
    Questions from Schools
  11. Drawing Bugbops
    10:18
    Drawing Bugbops
  12. Questions from schools
    05:22
    Questions from schools
  13. School days and writing
    07:07
    School days and writing
  14. Favourite book
    00:45
    Favourite book
  15. Konnie’s Favourite Character
    00:58
    Konnie’s Favourite Character
  16. Drawing Fruit and Veg
    04:16
    Drawing Fruit and Veg
  17. Audience questions
    03:17
    Audience questions
  18. How Books Start
    06:40
    How Books Start
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