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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
    05:40
    Questions from schools
  8. 100 Words on Friendship
    01:14
    100 Words on Friendship
  9. Questions from schools
    06:06
    Questions from schools
  10. Draw Along
    10:16
    Draw Along
  11. A first science fiction novel
    00:44
    A first science fiction novel
  12. Hand on the Bridge
    02:28
    Hand on the Bridge
  13. Stories are people
    01:59
    Stories are people
  14. Phil’s presentation
    21:56
    Phil’s presentation
  15. Writing the Twitchers
    05:00
    Writing the Twitchers
  16. The main characters
    03:46
    The main characters
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