0:29:01 > 0:29:05After mining the rich seam of Scottish Literature, ten books have
0:29:05 > 0:29:08been chosen, reflecting the vast range and some of the finest
0:29:08 > 0:29:11writing Scotland has to offer.
0:29:11 > 0:29:14But only one can be Scotland's favourite book.
0:29:14 > 0:29:18Monday at 8.30pm on BBC One Scotland.
0:29:20 > 0:29:20I'll need all the neurosis I can get when I start writing for a living.
0:29:20 > 0:29:23Today was the most terrible day of my life.
0:29:23 > 0:29:25Pandora is going out with Nigel!
0:29:25 > 0:29:27I think I will never get over the shock...
0:29:27 > 0:29:29The Queen stood over the washing-up bowl
0:29:29 > 0:29:33and gave a tiny, experimental scream. Ahhhh!
0:29:33 > 0:29:35I've decided not to take my O levels.
0:29:35 > 0:29:37I'm bound to fail them anyway, so why waste
0:29:37 > 0:29:39all that neurosis on worrying?
0:29:39 > 0:29:42I'll need all the neurosis I can get when I start writing for a living.
0:29:42 > 0:29:45A look into the mind of one of Britain's best-loved authors.