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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. Bendy, bendy toothbrush
    03:49
    Bendy, bendy toothbrush
  3. Book titles
    03:49
    Book titles
  4. Going through the old photos
    06:17
    Going through the old photos
  5. Hand on the bridge
    02:21
    Hand on the bridge
  6. If you weren't writing poetry books for children what would you like to have done instead?
    02:29
    If you weren't writing poetry books for children what would you like to have done instead?
  7. Going around gardens!
    03:12
    Going around gardens!
  8. Tom on his illustrations
    05:00
    Tom on his illustrations
  9. Manjeet’s writing process
    07:37
    Manjeet’s writing process
  10. Question and Answer - Part 2
    04:39
    Question and Answer - Part 2
  11. How to Draw Eric Dynamite
    08:33
    How to Draw Eric Dynamite
  12. Inspired by travelling
    14:41
    Inspired by travelling
  13. Questions and Answers
    06:15
    Questions and Answers
  14. One frame
    01:29
    One frame
  15. Reading from The Boy Who Made Monsters
    03:08
    Reading from The Boy Who Made Monsters
  16. Developing your voice
    02:24
    Developing your voice
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