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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. Questions from schools
    06:40
    Questions from schools
  8. Questions from schools
    04:02
    Questions from schools
  9. Joyful Poetry
    00:53
    Joyful Poetry
  10. There’s Nothing Faster Than a Cheetah
    03:53
    There’s Nothing Faster Than a Cheetah
  11. School Questions
    08:45
    School Questions
  12. Comics
    04:26
    Comics
  13. Read a long
    04:36
    Read a long
  14. Feather reading
    06:20
    Feather reading
  15. How to draw emotions
    04:34
    How to draw emotions
  16. Writing historical fiction
    03:58
    Writing historical fiction
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