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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. Horrid Henry's Monster Movie
    01:23
    Horrid Henry's Monster Movie
  3. A proof reading
    05:09
    A proof reading
  4. How Henry happened
    05:58
    How Henry happened
  5. Ideas for Henry's stories
    07:00
    Ideas for Henry's stories
  6. Not a Horrid Henry book
    02:16
    Not a Horrid Henry book
  7. Tips for budding writers
    03:41
    Tips for budding writers
  8. Q&A with Francesca Simon
    04:30
    Q&A with Francesca Simon
  9. More Q&A with Francesca Simon
    04:21
    More Q&A with Francesca Simon
  10. Steven Lenton's illustrations
    00:35
    Steven Lenton's illustrations
  11. The hero birds
    03:03
    The hero birds
  12. Reading from 'Luna Loves Dance'
    04:56
    Reading from 'Luna Loves Dance'
  13. There’s Nothing Cuter Than A Puppy
    06:17
    There’s Nothing Cuter Than A Puppy
  14. Start with a face
    02:25
    Start with a face
  15. What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
    04:19
    What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
  16. Cracking questions
    02:08
    Cracking questions
  17. Favourite Scots Words
    04:20
    Favourite Scots Words
  18. Questions from schools
    05:22
    Questions from schools
  19. The story rollercoaster
    00:58
    The story rollercoaster
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