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What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
Author Ross Sayers answers some questions from Wallace High in Stirling.
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    What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
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    Horrid Henry's Monster Movie
  3. A proof reading
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    A proof reading
  4. How Henry happened
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    How Henry happened
  5. Ideas for Henry's stories
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    Ideas for Henry's stories
  6. Not a Horrid Henry book
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    Not a Horrid Henry book
  7. Tips for budding writers
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    Tips for budding writers
  8. Q&A with Francesca Simon
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    Q&A with Francesca Simon
  9. More Q&A with Francesca Simon
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    More Q&A with Francesca Simon
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    Hallowe'en in Scotland
  11. Sue's early influences
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    Sue's early influences
  12. How did you learn to draw?
    00:36
    How did you learn to draw?
  13. How do you come up with names for your characters?
    01:09
    How do you come up with names for your characters?
  14. Poetry is everywhere
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    Poetry is everywhere
  15. Questions from pupils
    02:50
    Questions from pupils
  16. Questions from Linlithgow Academy
    05:02
    Questions from Linlithgow Academy
  17. What inspired Ross MacKenzie to continue with his series of books?
    01:13
    What inspired Ross MacKenzie to continue with his series of books?
  18. The origins of 'Lads'
    06:09
    The origins of 'Lads'
  19. Ideas for books
    02:25
    Ideas for books
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