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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. Introducing Liz Pichon
    02:09
    Introducing Liz Pichon
  3. Tom Gates and his mates
    04:05
    Tom Gates and his mates
  4. Meet the Gates
    02:18
    Meet the Gates
  5. Through the keyhole
    01:18
    Through the keyhole
  6. Monster draw
    05:42
    Monster draw
  7. Reading
    03:48
    Reading
  8. Doodle with Liz
    09:19
    Doodle with Liz
  9. Questions
    06:13
    Questions
  10. Slugs and Brain Pâté
    11:48
    Slugs and Brain Pâté
  11. A sudden idea
    01:52
    A sudden idea
  12. No Breathing in Class
    04:08
    No Breathing in Class
  13. Question time
    04:36
    Question time
  14. More questions for Sav
    02:00
    More questions for Sav
  15. One frame
    01:29
    One frame
  16. Poetry is everywhere
    14:55
    Poetry is everywhere
  17. Reading The Gruffalo in Gaelic
    07:30
    Reading The Gruffalo in Gaelic
  18. Reluctant reader to avid writer
    08:03
    Reluctant reader to avid writer
  19. How did you plan the structure of the novel?
    02:38
    How did you plan the structure of the novel?
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