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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. 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. School Questions
    05:51
    School Questions
  10. Flirting and locker room talk
    06:28
    Flirting and locker room talk
  11. Truth and Lies
    13:33
    Truth and Lies
  12. Final thoughts
    01:33
    Final thoughts
  13. Scrapbooks and plans
    05:43
    Scrapbooks and plans
  14. Konnie’s Favourite Character
    00:58
    Konnie’s Favourite Character
  15. There's Broccoli in my Ice Cream! - Part 1
    04:07
    There's Broccoli in my Ice Cream! - Part 1
  16. There's Broccoli in my Ice Cream! - Part 2
    04:25
    There's Broccoli in my Ice Cream! - Part 2
  17. Writing in Scots
    02:48
    Writing in Scots
  18. Working with young writers
    01:12
    Working with young writers
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