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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. Bendy, bendy toothbrush
    03:49
    Bendy, bendy toothbrush
  3. Book titles
    03:49
    Book titles
  4. Going through the old photos
    06:17
    Going through the old photos
  5. Hand on the bridge
    02:21
    Hand on the bridge
  6. If you weren't writing poetry books for children what would you like to have done instead?
    02:29
    If you weren't writing poetry books for children what would you like to have done instead?
  7. Books and confidence
    01:08
    Books and confidence
  8. More questions
    01:42
    More questions
  9. Favourite book
    00:45
    Favourite book
  10. Reading of The Gecko and the Echo
    05:25
    Reading of The Gecko and the Echo
  11. The right words in the right order
    02:38
    The right words in the right order
  12. Relationship Behaviour
    01:57
    Relationship Behaviour
  13. Pets
    00:55
    Pets
  14. The main characters
    03:46
    The main characters
  15. Questions from schools
    05:40
    Questions from schools
  16. A first science fiction novel
    00:44
    A first science fiction novel
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