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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. Keeping Up With Michael
    01:39
    Keeping Up With Michael
  10. What inspired Ross MacKenzie to continue with his series of books?
    01:13
    What inspired Ross MacKenzie to continue with his series of books?
  11. A novel in verse
    01:02
    A novel in verse
  12. The Black Flamingo
    05:09
    The Black Flamingo
  13. Orion Lost reading
    02:48
    Orion Lost reading
  14. Balloons!
    02:59
    Balloons!
  15. Studio questions
    03:22
    Studio questions
  16. Manjeet’s writing process
    07:37
    Manjeet’s writing process
  17. Questions from schools
    06:06
    Questions from schools
  18. The real world and the fictional world
    11:22
    The real world and the fictional world
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