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What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
Author Ross Sayers answers some questions from Wallace High in Stirling.
  1. What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
    04:19
    What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
  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. How did you plan the structure of the novel?
    02:38
    How did you plan the structure of the novel?
  12. Scrapbooks and plans
    05:43
    Scrapbooks and plans
  13. School Questions
    08:45
    School Questions
  14. Phil’s presentation
    21:56
    Phil’s presentation
  15. Questions from schools
    08:14
    Questions from schools
  16. The Selkie and Finfolkaheem
    03:48
    The Selkie and Finfolkaheem
  17. Writing in Scots
    02:48
    Writing in Scots
  18. A question from Freya.
    01:00
    A question from Freya.
  19. Stories and puzzles
    01:34
    Stories and puzzles
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    Authors Live with Ross Sayers
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