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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. Writing – when why how?
    09:26
    Writing – when why how?
  8. Questions from schools
    08:43
    Questions from schools
  9. Beginnings
    01:47
    Beginnings
  10. One frame
    01:29
    One frame
  11. Studio questions
    03:22
    Studio questions
  12. Brian’s writing and favourite books
    04:33
    Brian’s writing and favourite books
  13. Self-Defence
    02:59
    Self-Defence
  14. Flirting and locker room talk
    06:28
    Flirting and locker room talk
  15. Nadine Aisha Jassat – poetry reading
    03:11
    Nadine Aisha Jassat – poetry reading
  16. Reading from 'Daisy on the Outer Line'
    06:17
    Reading from 'Daisy on the Outer Line'
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