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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 did you learn to draw?
    00:36
    How did you learn to draw?
  8. Draw the Light Ship
    05:16
    Draw the Light Ship
  9. Question and Answer - Part 2
    04:39
    Question and Answer - Part 2
  10. Writing Fiction
    01:29
    Writing Fiction
  11. Writing – when why how?
    09:26
    Writing – when why how?
  12. How Catherine works
    00:59
    How Catherine works
  13. Is it easier or harder to write a trilogy?
    01:45
    Is it easier or harder to write a trilogy?
  14. Reading from 'Daisy on the Outer Line'
    06:17
    Reading from 'Daisy on the Outer Line'
  15. D is for Dialogue
    03:04
    D is for Dialogue
  16. Cuiken Primary film
    03:02
    Cuiken Primary film
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