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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. Move it
    00:51
    Move it
  3. My dad knows everything
    04:26
    My dad knows everything
  4. Return of the bendy, bendy toothbrush
    05:50
    Return of the bendy, bendy toothbrush
  5. The noise!
    03:52
    The noise!
  6. The space
    01:18
    The space
  7. What is your favourite piece of work that you've written? What is your most treasured possession?
    03:19
    What is your favourite piece of work that you've written? What is your most treasured possession?
  8. Where do you get your ideas from? What is a poem?
    04:33
    Where do you get your ideas from? What is a poem?
  9. Introduction to the Twitchers
    05:50
    Introduction to the Twitchers
  10. How Catherine works
    00:59
    How Catherine works
  11. Studio questions
    03:22
    Studio questions
  12. Three pointers for writers
    01:10
    Three pointers for writers
  13. Questions from schools
    06:06
    Questions from schools
  14. Reading from Grimwood: Attack of the Stink Monster
    06:54
    Reading from Grimwood: Attack of the Stink Monster
  15. Question and Answer - Part 1
    05:57
    Question and Answer - Part 1
  16. How to Train Your Dragon reading
    04:38
    How to Train Your Dragon reading
  17. Reading from The Crossover
    04:17
    Reading from The Crossover
  18. How to Draw Granville's Body
    07:54
    How to Draw Granville's Body
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