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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. Scots
    01:14
    Scots
  3. Writing in Scots
    01:54
    Writing in Scots
  4. Minging!
    00:42
    Minging!
  5. Taking on Roald Dahl
    02:40
    Taking on Roald Dahl
  6. The right words
    02:22
    The right words
  7. Quentin Blake
    00:42
    Quentin Blake
  8. A reading in Scots
    02:35
    A reading in Scots
  9. Questions
    01:21
    Questions
  10. More questions
    03:14
    More questions
  11. Even more questions
    03:39
    Even more questions
  12. The main characters
    03:46
    The main characters
  13. Introducing Wain
    00:21
    Introducing Wain
  14. Whuppity Stoorie by Lari Don
    16:05
    Whuppity Stoorie by Lari Don
  15. Cardboard Cowboys reading
    05:01
    Cardboard Cowboys reading
  16. One frame
    01:29
    One frame
  17. Weather and climate
    00:56
    Weather and climate
  18. Prez
    01:14
    Prez
  19. Stories and puzzles
    01:34
    Stories and puzzles
  20. Finding the bear
    01:06
    Finding the bear
  21. The story rollercoaster
    00:58
    The story rollercoaster
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