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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. Poo communication
    02:58
    Poo communication
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  3. Otter party
    02:15
    Otter party
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  4. The study of poo
    04:25
    The study of poo
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  5. The size of a whale
    06:32
    The size of a whale
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  6. Tiger skull
    04:20
    Tiger skull
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  7. Book introduction
    02:33
    Book introduction
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  8. Book reading
    03:58
    Book reading
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  9. Questions from the audience
    03:05
    Questions from the audience
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  10. Questions and answers
    05:31
    Questions and answers
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  11. Writing – when why how?
    09:26
    Writing – when why how?
  12. Reading from 'The Places I've Cried in Public'
    04:53
    Reading from 'The Places I've Cried in Public'
  13. Characters
    01:58
    Characters
  14. Twitch reading
    05:36
    Twitch reading
  15. How to draw emotions
    04:34
    How to draw emotions
  16. Flirting and locker room talk
    06:28
    Flirting and locker room talk
  17. Comics
    04:26
    Comics
  18. About Our Tower
    04:05
    About Our Tower
  19. School Questions
    05:51
    School Questions
  20. How to Draw Granville's Body
    07:54
    How to Draw Granville's Body
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