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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 Wain
    00:21
    Introducing Wain
  3. Introducing The Black Flamingo
    00:27
    Introducing The Black Flamingo
  4. The Selkie and Finfolkaheem
    03:48
    The Selkie and Finfolkaheem
  5. The Black Flamingo
    05:09
    The Black Flamingo
  6. How important is it for young queer people to see themselves in fiction?
    03:12
    How important is it for young queer people to see themselves in fiction?
  7. Re-imagining Scottish folklore
    01:48
    Re-imagining Scottish folklore
  8. A novel in verse
    01:02
    A novel in verse
  9. Fan fiction of your life!
    01:05
    Fan fiction of your life!
  10. Books and confidence
    01:08
    Books and confidence
  11. The poetry community
    01:45
    The poetry community
  12. Working with young writers
    01:12
    Working with young writers
  13. Wishes
    01:04
    Wishes
  14. A monster quiz
    08:19
    A monster quiz
  15. This is a democracy
    00:39
    This is a democracy
  16. Forrester High's 2048 Predictions
    02:35
    Forrester High's 2048 Predictions
  17. Questions from schools
    04:02
    Questions from schools
  18. Elle and the characters of The Infinite
    04:35
    Elle and the characters of The Infinite
  19. Cracking questions
    02:08
    Cracking questions
  20. Health and Medicine
    04:36
    Health and Medicine
  21. How Catherine works
    00:59
    How Catherine works
  22. Steven Lenton's illustrations
    00:35
    Steven Lenton's illustrations
  23. How to draw emotions
    04:34
    How to draw emotions
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