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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. Introducing us to new historical figures
    02:35
    Introducing us to new historical figures
  10. Questions from West Calder High School
    05:42
    Questions from West Calder High School
  11. Reading from The Boxer
    01:42
    Reading from The Boxer
  12. Scottish words and questions from schools
    08:09
    Scottish words and questions from schools
  13. A question from Freya.
    01:00
    A question from Freya.
  14. Phil’s characters
    05:36
    Phil’s characters
  15. Ideas
    03:35
    Ideas
  16. The Crackledawn Dragon
    02:10
    The Crackledawn Dragon
  17. Elle and the characters of The Infinite
    04:35
    Elle and the characters of The Infinite
  18. How Does Your Own Personal Experience Shape Your Writing?
    02:32
    How Does Your Own Personal Experience Shape Your Writing?
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