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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. Scots
    01:14
    Scots
  3. Writing in Scots
    01:54
    Writing in Scots
  4. Minging!
    00:42
    Minging!
  5. Taking on Roald Dahl
    02:40
    Taking on Roald Dahl
  6. The right words
    02:22
    The right words
  7. Quentin Blake
    00:42
    Quentin Blake
  8. A reading in Scots
    02:35
    A reading in Scots
  9. Questions
    01:21
    Questions
  10. More questions
    03:14
    More questions
  11. Even more questions
    03:39
    Even more questions
  12. Konnie’s Love of Science
    02:32
    Konnie’s Love of Science
  13. Reading from The Boy Who Made Monsters
    03:08
    Reading from The Boy Who Made Monsters
  14. Writing Haikus
    08:00
    Writing Haikus
  15. Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
    04:28
    Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
  16. Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
    03:10
    Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
  17. 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?
  18. Acting and Writing
    05:49
    Acting and Writing
  19. Kiran’s writing process
    05:08
    Kiran’s writing process
  20. Reading The Gruffalo in Gaelic
    07:30
    Reading The Gruffalo in Gaelic
  21. Questions from schools
    04:02
    Questions from schools
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