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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. The Choosing
    03:14
    The Choosing
  3. From a Mouse
    04:19
    From a Mouse
  4. To a Mouse
    02:42
    To a Mouse
  5. Tam o' Shanter
    05:50
    Tam o' Shanter
  6. Q&A with Liz Lochhead
    06:10
    Q&A with Liz Lochhead
  7. More Q&A with Liz Lochhead
    06:56
    More Q&A with Liz Lochhead
  8. Drawing Fruit and Veg
    04:16
    Drawing Fruit and Veg
  9. Sue's presentation
    11:34
    Sue's presentation
  10. Wizards of Once reading
    04:24
    Wizards of Once reading
  11. Alastair’s influences
    00:28
    Alastair’s influences
  12. Relationship Counsellor
    02:45
    Relationship Counsellor
  13. How did you plan the structure of the novel?
    02:38
    How did you plan the structure of the novel?
  14. Read a long
    04:36
    Read a long
  15. How to Draw Granville's Body
    07:54
    How to Draw Granville's Body
  16. Gil's bug hospital
    05:28
    Gil's bug hospital
  17. Questions from Linlithgow Academy
    05:02
    Questions from Linlithgow Academy
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