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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
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    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
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    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?
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    This is a democracy
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    02:45
    Poet recommendations
  11. Dogs in space
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    Dogs in space
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    03:24
    Children’s Laureate
  13. Who is Josh Bell?
    01:03
    Who is Josh Bell?
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    01:10
    Three pointers for writers
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    03:08
    Reading from The Boy Who Made Monsters
  16. Inspiration
    02:14
    Inspiration
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    Flirting and locker room talk
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