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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. Ghosts of Heaven
    02:56
    Ghosts of Heaven
  3. Spirals and cave art
    02:59
    Spirals and cave art
  4. The beginning of writing
    01:47
    The beginning of writing
  5. The teenage brain
    05:51
    The teenage brain
  6. Writing realistically
    01:59
    Writing realistically
  7. Reading
    03:16
    Reading
  8. Into a dark cave
    01:36
    Into a dark cave
  9. Questions near
    05:54
    Questions near
  10. Questions far
    02:42
    Questions far
  11. Lauren reads
    04:58
    Lauren reads
  12. Truth and Lies
    13:33
    Truth and Lies
  13. We are all storytellers
    05:27
    We are all storytellers
  14. Reading from The Infinite
    05:46
    Reading from The Infinite
  15. Fan fiction of your life!
    01:05
    Fan fiction of your life!
  16. Reading of The River
    04:08
    Reading of The River
  17. Stories and puzzles
    01:34
    Stories and puzzles
  18. Don't Kvetch
    01:55
    Don't Kvetch
  19. The World of the Crossing
    08:03
    The World of the Crossing
  20. Phil’s presentation
    21:56
    Phil’s presentation
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