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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. Book Introduction
    01:20
    Book Introduction
  3. Reading from The Boxer
    01:42
    Reading from The Boxer
  4. How to Start Writing a Book
    06:40
    How to Start Writing a Book
  5. It Does Matter
    02:17
    It Does Matter
  6. Dealing with Racists
    01:11
    Dealing with Racists
  7. Taking Up Boxing
    03:04
    Taking Up Boxing
  8. Box Yourself
    03:44
    Box Yourself
  9. Self-Defence
    02:59
    Self-Defence
  10. Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
    04:07
    Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
  11. Question and Answer - Part 1
    05:57
    Question and Answer - Part 1
  12. Question and Answer - Part 2
    04:39
    Question and Answer - Part 2
  13. Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
    06:54
    Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
  14. Sport brings us together
    02:36
    Sport brings us together
  15. Questions from pupils
    02:50
    Questions from pupils
  16. Truth and Lies
    13:33
    Truth and Lies
  17. Books and confidence
    01:08
    Books and confidence
  18. There’s Nothing Faster Than a Cheetah
    03:53
    There’s Nothing Faster Than a Cheetah
  19. Remembering Kobe Bryant
    01:41
    Remembering Kobe Bryant
  20. The real world and the fictional world
    11:22
    The real world and the fictional world
  21. We are all storytellers
    05:27
    We are all storytellers
  22. Weather and climate
    00:56
    Weather and climate
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