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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. Introduction
    04:05
    Introduction
  3. Genre
    08:41
    Genre
  4. The World
    05:53
    The World
  5. Drawing out the secret character
    05:00
    Drawing out the secret character
  6. Character and story
    08:16
    Character and story
  7. Stuff
    07:22
    Stuff
  8. Obstacles
    04:05
    Obstacles
  9. Choices
    10:01
    Choices
  10. Summary
    01:58
    Summary
  11. More questions
    01:42
    More questions
  12. Questions from schools
    06:15
    Questions from schools
  13. I can do this!
    02:32
    I can do this!
  14. Working in Comics
    01:09
    Working in Comics
  15. The World of the Wolf Queen
    04:14
    The World of the Wolf Queen
  16. Poetry is everywhere
    14:55
    Poetry is everywhere
  17. The hero birds
    03:03
    The hero birds
  18. Read a long
    04:36
    Read a long
  19. Reading from The Crossing
    04:47
    Reading from The Crossing
  20. Question and Answer - Part 2
    04:39
    Question and Answer - Part 2
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