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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. Book Introduction
    01:20
    Book Introduction
  3. Reading from The Boxer
    01:42
    Reading from The Boxer
  4. How to Start Writing a Book
    06:40
    How to Start Writing a Book
  5. It Does Matter
    02:17
    It Does Matter
  6. Dealing with Racists
    01:11
    Dealing with Racists
  7. Taking Up Boxing
    03:04
    Taking Up Boxing
  8. Box Yourself
    03:44
    Box Yourself
  9. Self-Defence
    02:59
    Self-Defence
  10. Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
    04:07
    Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
  11. Question and Answer - Part 1
    05:57
    Question and Answer - Part 1
  12. Question and Answer - Part 2
    04:39
    Question and Answer - Part 2
  13. What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
    03:02
    What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
  14. Draw Noi and his dad
    10:03
    Draw Noi and his dad
  15. Lauren reads
    04:58
    Lauren reads
  16. More questions for Sav
    02:00
    More questions for Sav
  17. Is it easier or harder to write a trilogy?
    01:45
    Is it easier or harder to write a trilogy?
  18. Questions from schools
    06:06
    Questions from schools
  19. Writing historical fiction
    03:58
    Writing historical fiction
  20. Forrester High's 2048 Predictions
    02:35
    Forrester High's 2048 Predictions
  21. Cat Hepburn – poetry reading
    03:40
    Cat Hepburn – poetry reading
  22. Truth and Lies
    13:33
    Truth and Lies
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