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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. How do you come up with names for your characters?
    01:09
    How do you come up with names for your characters?
  12. 100 Words on Friendship
    01:14
    100 Words on Friendship
  13. Tom and Ross on starting to write and draw
    05:14
    Tom and Ross on starting to write and draw
  14. Writing Fiction
    01:29
    Writing Fiction
  15. Writing – when why how?
    09:26
    Writing – when why how?
  16. The importance of libraries
    08:10
    The importance of libraries
  17. How Catherine works
    00:59
    How Catherine works
  18. Sue's early influences
    04:42
    Sue's early influences
  19. Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
    04:07
    Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
  20. Early drawings
    00:49
    Early drawings
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