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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. Early Years
    03:15
    Early Years
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  3. Growing Older With a Moustache
    03:24
    Growing Older With a Moustache
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  4. My Superheroes
    04:35
    My Superheroes
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  5. My Superpowers
    04:22
    My Superpowers
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  6. Quick Quack Quentin
    06:04
    Quick Quack Quentin
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  7. Stealing A's
    02:16
    Stealing A's
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  8. Oi Frog!
    06:21
    Oi Frog!
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  9. Alternative Ending
    03:46
    Alternative Ending
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  10. Working with an illustrator
    02:38
    Working with an illustrator
  11. The Crackledawn Dragon
    02:10
    The Crackledawn Dragon
  12. Questions from schools
    05:22
    Questions from schools
  13. Hand on the Bridge
    02:28
    Hand on the Bridge
  14. UK schools vs American schools
    02:13
    UK schools vs American schools
  15. Creating a magical place
    06:49
    Creating a magical place
  16. Developing your voice
    02:24
    Developing your voice
  17. The poetry community
    01:45
    The poetry community
  18. The right words in the right order
    02:38
    The right words in the right order
  19. How did you learn to draw?
    00:36
    How did you learn to draw?
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