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How Books Start
Nikesh tells us how he gets ideas for books.
  1. How Books Start
    06:40
    How Books Start
  2. Ghosts of Heaven
    02:56
    Ghosts of Heaven
  3. Spirals and cave art
    02:59
    Spirals and cave art
  4. The beginning of writing
    01:47
    The beginning of writing
  5. The teenage brain
    05:51
    The teenage brain
  6. Writing realistically
    01:59
    Writing realistically
  7. Reading
    03:16
    Reading
  8. Into a dark cave
    01:36
    Into a dark cave
  9. Questions near
    05:54
    Questions near
  10. Questions far
    02:42
    Questions far
  11. Questions from schools
    05:58
    Questions from schools
  12. Dragonese
    01:19
    Dragonese
  13. Audience questions
    03:17
    Audience questions
  14. The Undefeated
    01:19
    The Undefeated
  15. Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
    02:52
    Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
  16. Children’s Laureate
    03:24
    Children’s Laureate
  17. The Great Storm Whale reading
    06:27
    The Great Storm Whale reading
  18. Introducing Wain
    00:21
    Introducing Wain
  19. The Great Storm Whale reading
    06:27
    The Great Storm Whale reading
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