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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. How to be a writer
    02:37
    How to be a writer
  3. Michael Morpurgo's secret
    03:21
    Michael Morpurgo's secret
  4. Sketch it out!
    02:37
    Sketch it out!
  5. Everything is cool!
    04:22
    Everything is cool!
  6. The Elephant in the Garden
    09:18
    The Elephant in the Garden
  7. Q&A with Michael Morpurgo
    07:16
    Q&A with Michael Morpurgo
  8. More Q&A with Michael Morpurgo
    08:33
    More Q&A with Michael Morpurgo
  9. Start with a face
    02:25
    Start with a face
  10. Acting and Writing
    05:49
    Acting and Writing
  11. The main characters
    03:46
    The main characters
  12. Nadine Aisha Jassat – poetry reading
    03:11
    Nadine Aisha Jassat – poetry reading
  13. A question from Blake
    01:15
    A question from Blake
  14. How to draw a blobfish
    03:35
    How to draw a blobfish
  15. Questions from schools
    06:15
    Questions from schools
  16. Illustrating the Book
    02:15
    Illustrating the Book
  17. Translating into Gaelic
    00:53
    Translating into Gaelic
  18. The right words in the right order
    02:38
    The right words in the right order
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