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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. Who likes stories?
    02:48
    Who likes stories?
  3. Talking in class
    01:47
    Talking in class
  4. Actor Vivian
    03:05
    Actor Vivian
  5. Writing a story down
    02:42
    Writing a story down
  6. Story build (part 1)
    04:03
    Story build (part 1)
  7. Story build (part 2)
    06:21
    Story build (part 2)
  8. Vivian talks titles
    01:18
    Vivian talks titles
  9. Alfie Onion
    08:13
    Alfie Onion
  10. Questions for Vivian
    03:32
    Questions for Vivian
  11. Characters and Themes
    04:51
    Characters and Themes
  12. A novel in verse
    01:02
    A novel in verse
  13. Ideas and inspirational teachers
    05:32
    Ideas and inspirational teachers
  14. Reading The Gruffalo in Gaelic
    07:30
    Reading The Gruffalo in Gaelic
  15. Themes of The Infinite
    01:29
    Themes of The Infinite
  16. Read a long
    04:36
    Read a long
  17. How to Draw Eric Dynamite
    08:33
    How to Draw Eric Dynamite
  18. Working with an illustrator
    02:38
    Working with an illustrator
  19. Don't Kvetch
    01:55
    Don't Kvetch
  20. Draw the Light Ship
    05:16
    Draw the Light Ship
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