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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. How to draw a blobfish
    03:35
    How to draw a blobfish
  13. Early drawings
    00:49
    Early drawings
  14. A question about Charlie and Lola
    01:44
    A question about Charlie and Lola
  15. The World of the Crossing
    08:03
    The World of the Crossing
  16. The Otherwhere Emporium reading
    04:21
    The Otherwhere Emporium reading
  17. Translating into Gaelic
    00:53
    Translating into Gaelic
  18. Start with a face
    02:25
    Start with a face
  19. Manjeet’s writing process
    07:37
    Manjeet’s writing process
  20. The Great Storm Whale reading
    06:27
    The Great Storm Whale reading
  21. One frame
    01:29
    One frame
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