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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. Questions from Linlithgow Academy
    05:02
    Questions from Linlithgow Academy
  8. Questions from pupils
    02:50
    Questions from pupils
  9. Going around gardens!
    03:12
    Going around gardens!
  10. He Had a Little Sticker
    01:25
    He Had a Little Sticker
  11. Writing Haikus
    08:00
    Writing Haikus
  12. Audience questions
    03:17
    Audience questions
  13. Y is for Young Adult
    03:43
    Y is for Young Adult
  14. The Undefeated
    01:19
    The Undefeated
  15. Box Yourself
    03:44
    Box Yourself
  16. Acting and Writing
    05:49
    Acting and Writing
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