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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
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    Scots
  3. Writing in Scots
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    Writing in Scots
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    Minging!
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    Taking on Roald Dahl
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    The right words
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  8. A reading in Scots
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    A reading in Scots
  9. Questions
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    Questions
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    More questions
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    Even more questions
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    How Does Your Own Personal Experience Shape Your Writing?
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    Joyful Poetry
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    05:40
    Questions from schools
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    Inspired by travelling
  17. Writing in Scots
    02:48
    Writing in Scots
  18. Writing historical fiction
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    Writing historical fiction
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    No Breathing in Class
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