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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. Draw Goldy the Gecko
    04:43
    Draw Goldy the Gecko
  12. Authors Live with Holly Bourne
    34:04
    Authors Live with Holly Bourne
  13. Ideas
    03:35
    Ideas
  14. Meeting the Wolf Queen
    02:20
    Meeting the Wolf Queen
  15. Cardboard Cowboys reading
    05:01
    Cardboard Cowboys reading
  16. A question of inspiration
    02:51
    A question of inspiration
  17. Y is for Young Adult
    03:43
    Y is for Young Adult
  18. Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
    04:07
    Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
  19. Acting and Writing
    05:49
    Acting and Writing
  20. Poetry is everywhere
    14:55
    Poetry is everywhere
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