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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. Two of David's novels
    05:49
    Two of David's novels
  3. The local library
    06:12
    The local library
  4. Imagination
    04:48
    Imagination
  5. The power of words
    05:31
    The power of words
  6. Starting as a writer
    03:55
    Starting as a writer
  7. Q&A with David Almond
    05:15
    Q&A with David Almond
  8. More Q&A with David Almond
    06:48
    More Q&A with David Almond
  9. Using Scotland as a setting
    01:06
    Using Scotland as a setting
  10. Diving Poem
    02:24
    Diving Poem
  11. Writing in Scots
    02:48
    Writing in Scots
  12. Newton Farm Questions
    05:46
    Newton Farm Questions
  13. A question from Blake
    01:15
    A question from Blake
  14. Wordplay
    14:05
    Wordplay
  15. Flirting and locker room talk
    06:28
    Flirting and locker room talk
  16. Reading from 'The Places I've Cried in Public'
    04:53
    Reading from 'The Places I've Cried in Public'
  17. Chat with Comic Artist Tanya Roberts
    02:48
    Chat with Comic Artist Tanya Roberts
  18. How did you plan the structure of the novel?
    02:38
    How did you plan the structure of the novel?
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