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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. Introducing James
    01:39
    Introducing James
  3. How James got started
    03:33
    How James got started
  4. A pirate picture story
    10:15
    A pirate picture story
  5. Picturing Nessie
    04:01
    Picturing Nessie
  6. Q&A with James Mayhew
    11:26
    Q&A with James Mayhew
  7. How to draw a cheetah
    07:21
    How to draw a cheetah
  8. Phil’s presentation
    21:56
    Phil’s presentation
  9. Poet recommendations
    02:45
    Poet recommendations
  10. Questions from schools
    08:43
    Questions from schools
  11. Questions from schools
    07:37
    Questions from schools
  12. Writing Fiction
    01:29
    Writing Fiction
  13. Reading from The Boxer
    01:42
    Reading from The Boxer
  14. Orion Lost reading
    02:48
    Orion Lost reading
  15. Reading from Grimwood: Attack of the Stink Monster
    06:54
    Reading from Grimwood: Attack of the Stink Monster
  16. Cardboard Cowboys reading
    05:01
    Cardboard Cowboys reading
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