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How do you come up with names for your characters?
Arlo and Augustus are great names for characters, but how does Catherine dream them up?
  1. How do you come up with names for your characters?
    01:09
    How do you come up with names for your characters?
  2. Mairi Hedderwick chats with Janice Forsyth
    08:03
    Mairi Hedderwick chats with Janice Forsyth
  3. Katie Morag and Cbeebies
    06:17
    Katie Morag and Cbeebies
  4. Ideas for stories
    02:10
    Ideas for stories
  5. The story of Katie Morag and the Tiresome Ted
    13:05
    The story of Katie Morag and the Tiresome Ted
  6. Questions from the audience
    06:23
    Questions from the audience
  7. How to Draw Granville's Body
    07:54
    How to Draw Granville's Body
  8. S is for Scots
    03:30
    S is for Scots
  9. Reading from The Infinite
    05:46
    Reading from The Infinite
  10. Toxic Relationships
    04:42
    Toxic Relationships
  11. School Questions
    05:51
    School Questions
  12. Three pointers for writers
    01:10
    Three pointers for writers
  13. Keep going!
    01:28
    Keep going!
  14. Sputnik
    00:55
    Sputnik
  15. Questions from the audience
    05:40
    Questions from the audience
  16. Questions from schools
    06:15
    Questions from schools
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