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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. 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. Tom on his illustrations
    05:00
    Tom on his illustrations
  12. Comics
    04:26
    Comics
  13. We are all storytellers
    05:27
    We are all storytellers
  14. More questions
    01:42
    More questions
  15. How did you plan the structure of the novel?
    02:38
    How did you plan the structure of the novel?
  16. Brian’s writing and favourite books
    04:33
    Brian’s writing and favourite books
  17. Elle and the characters of The Infinite
    04:35
    Elle and the characters of The Infinite
  18. 100 Words on Friendship
    01:14
    100 Words on Friendship
  19. Creating a Poem
    08:58
    Creating a Poem
  20. Pupils' questions
    07:21
    Pupils' questions
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