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Characters and Themes
Nadine discusses her book 'The Stories Grandma Forgot'.
  1. Characters and Themes
    04:51
    Characters and Themes
  2. Introduction
    04:05
    Introduction
  3. Genre
    08:41
    Genre
  4. The World
    05:53
    The World
  5. Drawing out the secret character
    05:00
    Drawing out the secret character
  6. Character and story
    08:16
    Character and story
  7. Stuff
    07:22
    Stuff
  8. Obstacles
    04:05
    Obstacles
  9. Choices
    10:01
    Choices
  10. Summary
    01:58
    Summary
  11. We are all storytellers
    05:27
    We are all storytellers
  12. Audience questions
    03:17
    Audience questions
  13. Kiran’s writing process
    05:08
    Kiran’s writing process
  14. Studio questions
    03:22
    Studio questions
  15. How do you come up with names for your characters?
    01:09
    How do you come up with names for your characters?
  16. Discovering New Words
    03:16
    Discovering New Words
  17. 100 Words on Friendship
    01:14
    100 Words on Friendship
  18. Using Scotland as a setting
    01:06
    Using Scotland as a setting
  19. Cuiken Primary film
    03:02
    Cuiken Primary film
  20. Scottish words and questions from schools
    08:09
    Scottish words and questions from schools
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