Audio & Video
What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
Author Ross Sayers answers some questions from Wallace High in Stirling.
- What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
- Introduction
- Genre
- The World
- Drawing out the secret character
- Character and story
- Stuff
- Obstacles
- Choices
- Summary
- Questions from the audience
- Reading from 'The Places I've Cried in Public'
- Audience questions
- A question about Charlie and Lola
- Making the change
- Questions from schools
- Beginnings
- Questions from pupils
- Becoming an Author
- Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?



















