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How Books Start
Nikesh tells us how he gets ideas for books.
  1. How Books Start
    06:40
    How Books Start
  2. Ghosts of Heaven
    02:56
    Ghosts of Heaven
  3. Spirals and cave art
    02:59
    Spirals and cave art
  4. The beginning of writing
    01:47
    The beginning of writing
  5. The teenage brain
    05:51
    The teenage brain
  6. Writing realistically
    01:59
    Writing realistically
  7. Reading
    03:16
    Reading
  8. Into a dark cave
    01:36
    Into a dark cave
  9. Questions near
    05:54
    Questions near
  10. Questions far
    02:42
    Questions far
  11. Reading from Race to the Frozen North
    02:32
    Reading from Race to the Frozen North
  12. Walking and talking
    02:23
    Walking and talking
  13. Cookie’s Brain Busting Quiz
    06:44
    Cookie’s Brain Busting Quiz
  14. Cracking questions
    02:08
    Cracking questions
  15. Chat with Comic Artist Tanya Roberts
    02:48
    Chat with Comic Artist Tanya Roberts
  16. Slugs and Brain Pâté
    11:48
    Slugs and Brain Pâté
  17. How to Draw Eric Dynamite
    08:33
    How to Draw Eric Dynamite
  18. Birdspotting Quiz
    05:46
    Birdspotting Quiz
  19. Health and Medicine
    04:36
    Health and Medicine
  20. Social media and influencers
    03:10
    Social media and influencers
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