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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. Ghosts of Heaven
    02:56
    Ghosts of Heaven
  3. Spirals and cave art
    02:59
    Spirals and cave art
  4. The beginning of writing
    01:47
    The beginning of writing
  5. The teenage brain
    05:51
    The teenage brain
  6. Writing realistically
    01:59
    Writing realistically
  7. Reading
    03:16
    Reading
  8. Into a dark cave
    01:36
    Into a dark cave
  9. Questions near
    05:54
    Questions near
  10. Questions far
    02:42
    Questions far
  11. How did you learn to draw?
    00:36
    How did you learn to draw?
  12. Studio questions
    03:22
    Studio questions
  13. Reading The Undefeated
    03:32
    Reading The Undefeated
  14. Working in Comics
    01:09
    Working in Comics
  15. How do you come up with names for your characters?
    01:09
    How do you come up with names for your characters?
  16. S is for Scots
    03:30
    S is for Scots
  17. Inspiration
    02:14
    Inspiration
  18. Prez
    01:14
    Prez
  19. 100 Words on Friendship
    01:14
    100 Words on Friendship
  20. Hooked on Reading
    03:03
    Hooked on Reading
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