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How to Start Writing a Book
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Nikesh tells us how he gets ideas for books.
  1. How to Start Writing a Book
    06:40
    How to Start Writing a Book
  2. Book Introduction
    01:20
    Book Introduction
  3. Reading from The Boxer
    01:42
    Reading from The Boxer
  4. It Does Matter
    02:17
    It Does Matter
  5. Dealing with Racists
    01:11
    Dealing with Racists
  6. Taking Up Boxing
    03:04
    Taking Up Boxing
  7. Box Yourself
    03:44
    Box Yourself
  8. Self-Defence
    02:59
    Self-Defence
  9. Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
    04:07
    Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
  10. Question and Answer - Part 1
    05:57
    Question and Answer - Part 1
  11. Question and Answer - Part 2
    04:39
    Question and Answer - Part 2
  12. Desert island books
    02:27
    Desert island books
  13. Sarah’s route into fiction
    07:16
    Sarah’s route into fiction
  14. Chocolate Cake
    07:56
    Chocolate Cake
  15. Drawing Bugbops
    10:18
    Drawing Bugbops
  16. Introduction to the Twitchers
    05:50
    Introduction to the Twitchers
  17. Sue's presentation
    11:34
    Sue's presentation
  18. Reading from The Crossover
    04:17
    Reading from The Crossover
  19. Re-imagining Scottish folklore
    01:48
    Re-imagining Scottish folklore
  20. Questions from schools
    07:16
    Questions from schools
  21. One frame
    01:29
    One frame
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