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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. 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. Questions from schools
    08:14
    Questions from schools
  10. Themes of books
    03:14
    Themes of books
  11. The importance of libraries
    08:10
    The importance of libraries
  12. The Great Storm Whale reading
    06:27
    The Great Storm Whale reading
  13. Writing historical fiction
    03:58
    Writing historical fiction
  14. Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
    03:10
    Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
  15. Flirting and locker room talk
    06:28
    Flirting and locker room talk
  16. Questions from schools
    06:40
    Questions from schools
  17. The hero birds
    03:03
    The hero birds
  18. No Breathing in Class
    04:08
    No Breathing in Class
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