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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. Move it
    00:51
    Move it
  3. My dad knows everything
    04:26
    My dad knows everything
  4. Return of the bendy, bendy toothbrush
    05:50
    Return of the bendy, bendy toothbrush
  5. The noise!
    03:52
    The noise!
  6. The space
    01:18
    The space
  7. What is your favourite piece of work that you've written? What is your most treasured possession?
    03:19
    What is your favourite piece of work that you've written? What is your most treasured possession?
  8. Where do you get your ideas from? What is a poem?
    04:33
    Where do you get your ideas from? What is a poem?
  9. What's Sputnik up to?
    00:32
    What's Sputnik up to?
  10. More Cookie Books
    01:04
    More Cookie Books
  11. Draw Goldy the Gecko
    04:43
    Draw Goldy the Gecko
  12. The main characters
    03:46
    The main characters
  13. Reading from The Crossing
    04:47
    Reading from The Crossing
  14. Box Yourself
    03:44
    Box Yourself
  15. A monster quiz
    08:19
    A monster quiz
  16. Writing Tips with... Alastair Chisholm
    09:12
    Writing Tips with... Alastair Chisholm
  17. How Catherine works
    00:59
    How Catherine works
  18. Would any of your characters make a good therapet?
    01:05
    Would any of your characters make a good therapet?
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