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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. Cardboard Cowboys reading
    05:01
    Cardboard Cowboys reading
  10. Relationship Counsellor
    02:45
    Relationship Counsellor
  11. What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
    03:02
    What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
  12. Introducing The Black Flamingo
    00:27
    Introducing The Black Flamingo
  13. Respecting each other
    01:57
    Respecting each other
  14. Characters
    01:58
    Characters
  15. Writing – when why how?
    09:26
    Writing – when why how?
  16. The World of the Wolf Queen
    04:14
    The World of the Wolf Queen
  17. Cracking questions
    02:08
    Cracking questions
  18. Questions from West Calder High School
    05:42
    Questions from West Calder High School
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