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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. Discovering New Words
    03:16
    Discovering New Words
  14. The hero birds
    03:03
    The hero birds
  15. How to Draw Eric Dynamite
    08:33
    How to Draw Eric Dynamite
  16. Using Scotland as a setting
    01:06
    Using Scotland as a setting
  17. Phil’s characters
    05:36
    Phil’s characters
  18. Storyboard
    03:26
    Storyboard
  19. The importance of libraries
    08:10
    The importance of libraries
  20. Have a go!
    01:10
    Have a go!
  21. A question of inspiration
    02:51
    A question of inspiration
  22. Making the change
    03:33
    Making the change
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