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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. A chat with Polly Dunbar
    08:39
    A chat with Polly Dunbar
  3. Arthur wakes up
    04:49
    Arthur wakes up
  4. Arthur's brother
    04:51
    Arthur's brother
  5. Arthur's mum
    05:34
    Arthur's mum
  6. Arthur's sister
    04:20
    Arthur's sister
  7. Arthur's dad
    05:06
    Arthur's dad
  8. Arthur's Dream Boat
    08:27
    Arthur's Dream Boat
  9. Meeting the puppets
    00:44
    Meeting the puppets
  10. Hand on the Bridge
    02:28
    Hand on the Bridge
  11. Discussing illustration
    03:51
    Discussing illustration
  12. How Books Start
    06:40
    How Books Start
  13. Reading from 'The Places I've Cried in Public'
    04:53
    Reading from 'The Places I've Cried in Public'
  14. Poetry is everywhere
    14:55
    Poetry is everywhere
  15. How did you plan the structure of the novel?
    02:38
    How did you plan the structure of the novel?
  16. Is it easier or harder to write a trilogy?
    01:45
    Is it easier or harder to write a trilogy?
  17. Newton Farm Questions
    05:46
    Newton Farm Questions
  18. What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
    03:02
    What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
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