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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. Balloons!
    02:59
    Balloons!
  8. One frame
    01:29
    One frame
  9. Questions from schools
    07:40
    Questions from schools
  10. Studio questions
    02:06
    Studio questions
  11. Persistence
    01:24
    Persistence
  12. Flirting and locker room talk
    06:28
    Flirting and locker room talk
  13. Cuiken Primary film
    03:02
    Cuiken Primary film
  14. Hercules Song
    01:56
    Hercules Song
  15. Prez
    01:14
    Prez
  16. What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
    04:19
    What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
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