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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. Ghosts of Heaven
    02:56
    Ghosts of Heaven
  3. Spirals and cave art
    02:59
    Spirals and cave art
  4. The beginning of writing
    01:47
    The beginning of writing
  5. The teenage brain
    05:51
    The teenage brain
  6. Writing realistically
    01:59
    Writing realistically
  7. Reading
    03:16
    Reading
  8. Into a dark cave
    01:36
    Into a dark cave
  9. Questions near
    05:54
    Questions near
  10. Questions far
    02:42
    Questions far
  11. Reading from Maddy Yip's guide to life
    09:49
    Reading from Maddy Yip's guide to life
  12. The Great Storm Whale reading
    06:27
    The Great Storm Whale reading
  13. Our Tower reading
    06:12
    Our Tower reading
  14. Writing Tips with... Alastair Chisholm
    09:12
    Writing Tips with... Alastair Chisholm
  15. There's Broccoli in my Ice Cream! - Part 2
    04:25
    There's Broccoli in my Ice Cream! - Part 2
  16. The main characters
    03:46
    The main characters
  17. Questions from West Calder High School
    05:42
    Questions from West Calder High School
  18. Draw Along
    10:16
    Draw Along
  19. Questions from Linlithgow Academy
    05:02
    Questions from Linlithgow Academy
  20. This is a democracy
    00:39
    This is a democracy
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