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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. Introducing James
    01:39
    Introducing James
  3. How James got started
    03:33
    How James got started
  4. A pirate picture story
    10:15
    A pirate picture story
  5. Picturing Nessie
    04:01
    Picturing Nessie
  6. Q&A with James Mayhew
    11:26
    Q&A with James Mayhew
  7. A novel in verse
    01:02
    A novel in verse
  8. Reading from The Boy Who Made Monsters
    03:08
    Reading from The Boy Who Made Monsters
  9. Questions from the audience
    05:40
    Questions from the audience
  10. Question and Answer - Part 1
    05:57
    Question and Answer - Part 1
  11. Poetry is everywhere
    14:55
    Poetry is everywhere
  12. Writing historical fiction
    03:58
    Writing historical fiction
  13. Questions from schools
    07:40
    Questions from schools
  14. Questions from pupils
    02:50
    Questions from pupils
  15. Translating into Gaelic
    00:53
    Translating into Gaelic
  16. Inspirations and Escaped Terrapin
    08:22
    Inspirations and Escaped Terrapin
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