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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. Scots
    01:14
    Scots
  3. Writing in Scots
    01:54
    Writing in Scots
  4. Minging!
    00:42
    Minging!
  5. Taking on Roald Dahl
    02:40
    Taking on Roald Dahl
  6. The right words
    02:22
    The right words
  7. Quentin Blake
    00:42
    Quentin Blake
  8. A reading in Scots
    02:35
    A reading in Scots
  9. Questions
    01:21
    Questions
  10. More questions
    03:14
    More questions
  11. Even more questions
    03:39
    Even more questions
  12. Creating a magical place
    06:49
    Creating a magical place
  13. Questions
    04:03
    Questions
  14. Rachel’s books and inspirations
    06:29
    Rachel’s books and inspirations
  15. A novel in verse
    01:02
    A novel in verse
  16. Dragonese
    01:19
    Dragonese
  17. Bear Moves
    02:28
    Bear Moves
  18. Beginnings
    01:47
    Beginnings
  19. Reading from The Boy Who Made Monsters
    03:08
    Reading from The Boy Who Made Monsters
  20. The World of the Wolf Queen
    04:14
    The World of the Wolf Queen
  21. Final thoughts
    01:33
    Final thoughts
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