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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. Move it
    00:51
    Move it
  3. My dad knows everything
    04:26
    My dad knows everything
  4. Return of the bendy, bendy toothbrush
    05:50
    Return of the bendy, bendy toothbrush
  5. The noise!
    03:52
    The noise!
  6. The space
    01:18
    The space
  7. What is your favourite piece of work that you've written? What is your most treasured possession?
    03:19
    What is your favourite piece of work that you've written? What is your most treasured possession?
  8. Where do you get your ideas from? What is a poem?
    04:33
    Where do you get your ideas from? What is a poem?
  9. Diving Poem
    02:24
    Diving Poem
  10. How to Train Your Dragon reading
    04:38
    How to Train Your Dragon reading
  11. Creating a Poem
    08:58
    Creating a Poem
  12. How did you learn to draw?
    00:36
    How did you learn to draw?
  13. Draw the Light Ship
    05:16
    Draw the Light Ship
  14. School days and writing
    07:07
    School days and writing
  15. School days
    03:57
    School days
  16. Newton Farm Questions
    05:46
    Newton Farm Questions
  17. A monster quiz
    08:19
    A monster quiz
  18. Cracking questions
    02:08
    Cracking questions
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