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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. Scots
    01:14
    Scots
  3. Writing in Scots
    01:54
    Writing in Scots
  4. Minging!
    00:42
    Minging!
  5. Taking on Roald Dahl
    02:40
    Taking on Roald Dahl
  6. The right words
    02:22
    The right words
  7. Quentin Blake
    00:42
    Quentin Blake
  8. A reading in Scots
    02:35
    A reading in Scots
  9. Questions
    01:21
    Questions
  10. More questions
    03:14
    More questions
  11. Even more questions
    03:39
    Even more questions
  12. Introducing Sav Akyuz
    01:45
    Introducing Sav Akyuz
  13. Ideas for books
    02:25
    Ideas for books
  14. Our Tower reading
    06:12
    Our Tower reading
  15. Mental Health
    02:25
    Mental Health
  16. A sudden idea
    01:52
    A sudden idea
  17. The real world and the fictional world
    11:22
    The real world and the fictional world
  18. Forrester High's 2048 Predictions
    02:35
    Forrester High's 2048 Predictions
  19. Becoming an Author
    00:58
    Becoming an Author
  20. Being Children’s Laureate
    05:08
    Being Children’s Laureate
  21. Boogie Woogie Buggy
    01:41
    Boogie Woogie Buggy
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