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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. Two of David's novels
    05:49
    Two of David's novels
  3. The local library
    06:12
    The local library
  4. Imagination
    04:48
    Imagination
  5. The power of words
    05:31
    The power of words
  6. Starting as a writer
    03:55
    Starting as a writer
  7. Q&A with David Almond
    05:15
    Q&A with David Almond
  8. More Q&A with David Almond
    06:48
    More Q&A with David Almond
  9. The Otherwhere Emporium reading
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    The Otherwhere Emporium reading
  10. Questions from schools
    08:14
    Questions from schools
  11. Stories are people
    01:59
    Stories are people
  12. How to Draw Eric Dynamite
    08:33
    How to Draw Eric Dynamite
  13. What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
    03:02
    What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
  14. Orion Lost reading
    02:48
    Orion Lost reading
  15. There’s Nothing Faster Than a Cheetah
    03:53
    There’s Nothing Faster Than a Cheetah
  16. Chae is Dr Who
    05:39
    Chae is Dr Who
  17. Sarah’s route into fiction
    07:16
    Sarah’s route into fiction
  18. Reading of The River
    04:08
    Reading of The River
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