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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. Simon Cowell
    00:38
    Simon Cowell
  3. Raj
    01:15
    Raj
  4. Characters
    02:09
    Characters
  5. Finishing feelings
    01:20
    Finishing feelings
  6. School dinners
    00:54
    School dinners
  7. Thames
    01:04
    Thames
  8. Favourite book
    02:25
    Favourite book
  9. Next book
    01:00
    Next book
  10. Favourite author
    01:17
    Favourite author
  11. Gangsta Granny
    12:25
    Gangsta Granny
  12. Readers and writers
    06:47
    Readers and writers
  13. Cat Hepburn – poetry reading
    03:40
    Cat Hepburn – poetry reading
  14. Books and confidence
    01:08
    Books and confidence
  15. D is for Dialogue
    03:04
    D is for Dialogue
  16. Meeting the Wolf Queen
    02:20
    Meeting the Wolf Queen
  17. Being Children’s Laureate
    05:08
    Being Children’s Laureate
  18. Drawing Fruit and Veg
    04:16
    Drawing Fruit and Veg
  19. The right words in the right order
    02:38
    The right words in the right order
  20. How important is it for young queer people to see themselves in fiction?
    03:12
    How important is it for young queer people to see themselves in fiction?
  21. Desert island books
    02:27
    Desert island books
  22. What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
    03:02
    What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
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