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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. Bendy, bendy toothbrush
    03:49
    Bendy, bendy toothbrush
  3. Book titles
    03:49
    Book titles
  4. Going through the old photos
    06:17
    Going through the old photos
  5. Hand on the bridge
    02:21
    Hand on the bridge
  6. If you weren't writing poetry books for children what would you like to have done instead?
    02:29
    If you weren't writing poetry books for children what would you like to have done instead?
  7. What is the Nowhere Emporium?
    00:45
    What is the Nowhere Emporium?
  8. Scrapbooks and plans
    05:43
    Scrapbooks and plans
  9. The World of the Crossing
    08:03
    The World of the Crossing
  10. Beginnings
    01:47
    Beginnings
  11. School Questions
    05:51
    School Questions
  12. The power of fantasy fiction
    04:28
    The power of fantasy fiction
  13. A question from Freya.
    01:00
    A question from Freya.
  14. How did you learn to draw?
    00:36
    How did you learn to draw?
  15. Cookie’s Brain Busting Quiz
    06:44
    Cookie’s Brain Busting Quiz
  16. Reading from Grimwood: Attack of the Stink Monster
    06:54
    Reading from Grimwood: Attack of the Stink Monster
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