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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. Who likes stories?
    02:48
    Who likes stories?
  3. Talking in class
    01:47
    Talking in class
  4. Actor Vivian
    03:05
    Actor Vivian
  5. Writing a story down
    02:42
    Writing a story down
  6. Story build (part 1)
    04:03
    Story build (part 1)
  7. Story build (part 2)
    06:21
    Story build (part 2)
  8. Vivian talks titles
    01:18
    Vivian talks titles
  9. Alfie Onion
    08:13
    Alfie Onion
  10. Questions for Vivian
    03:32
    Questions for Vivian
  11. Comics
    04:26
    Comics
  12. Question time
    04:36
    Question time
  13. Respecting each other
    01:57
    Respecting each other
  14. Box Yourself
    03:44
    Box Yourself
  15. The origins of 'Lads'
    06:09
    The origins of 'Lads'
  16. UK schools vs American schools
    02:13
    UK schools vs American schools
  17. The real world and the fictional world
    11:22
    The real world and the fictional world
  18. Children’s Laureate
    03:24
    Children’s Laureate
  19. Stories and puzzles
    01:34
    Stories and puzzles
  20. Truth and Lies
    13:33
    Truth and Lies
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