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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. Introducing James
    01:39
    Introducing James
  3. How James got started
    03:33
    How James got started
  4. A pirate picture story
    10:15
    A pirate picture story
  5. Picturing Nessie
    04:01
    Picturing Nessie
  6. Q&A with James Mayhew
    11:26
    Q&A with James Mayhew
  7. How important is it for young queer people to see themselves in fiction?
    03:12
    How important is it for young queer people to see themselves in fiction?
  8. Schools questions
    09:55
    Schools questions
  9. Sport brings us together
    02:36
    Sport brings us together
  10. A question about Charlie and Lola
    01:44
    A question about Charlie and Lola
  11. How do you come up with names for your characters?
    01:09
    How do you come up with names for your characters?
  12. Sarah’s route into fiction
    07:16
    Sarah’s route into fiction
  13. Writing – when why how?
    09:26
    Writing – when why how?
  14. Prez
    01:14
    Prez
  15. UK schools vs American schools
    02:13
    UK schools vs American schools
  16. Question and Answer - Part 1
    05:57
    Question and Answer - Part 1
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