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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. Question and Answer - Part 2
    04:39
    Question and Answer - Part 2
  13. A question from Blake
    01:15
    A question from Blake
  14. Tom on his illustrations
    05:00
    Tom on his illustrations
  15. Where monsters come from
    03:38
    Where monsters come from
  16. A question about Charlie and Lola
    01:44
    A question about Charlie and Lola
  17. How did you learn to draw?
    00:36
    How did you learn to draw?
  18. Draw Noi and his dad
    10:03
    Draw Noi and his dad
  19. The Otherwhere Emporium reading
    04:21
    The Otherwhere Emporium reading
  20. How to draw a blobfish
    03:35
    How to draw a blobfish
  21. How Books Start
    06:40
    How Books Start
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