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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. Family matters
    03:43
    Family matters
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  3. Tips for budding authors
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  4. Man reads out loud!
    07:10
    Man reads out loud!
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  5. Pause for thought
    04:47
    Pause for thought
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  6. Hamish and the Never People
    06:03
    Hamish and the Never People
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  7. Question me silly!
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    Question me silly!
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  8. How Catherine works
    00:59
    How Catherine works
  9. 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?
  10. Working with an illustrator
    02:38
    Working with an illustrator
  11. Using Scotland as a setting
    01:06
    Using Scotland as a setting
  12. Reading from The Crossing
    04:47
    Reading from The Crossing
  13. Cat Hepburn – poetry reading
    03:40
    Cat Hepburn – poetry reading
  14. There's Broccoli in my Ice Cream! - Part 2
    04:25
    There's Broccoli in my Ice Cream! - Part 2
  15. Draw Noi and his dad
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    Draw Noi and his dad
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