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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. Ghosts of Heaven
    02:56
    Ghosts of Heaven
  3. Spirals and cave art
    02:59
    Spirals and cave art
  4. The beginning of writing
    01:47
    The beginning of writing
  5. The teenage brain
    05:51
    The teenage brain
  6. Writing realistically
    01:59
    Writing realistically
  7. Reading
    03:16
    Reading
  8. Into a dark cave
    01:36
    Into a dark cave
  9. Questions near
    05:54
    Questions near
  10. Questions far
    02:42
    Questions far
  11. A question of inspiration
    02:51
    A question of inspiration
  12. How to Draw Eric Dynamite
    08:33
    How to Draw Eric Dynamite
  13. Alastair’s influences
    00:28
    Alastair’s influences
  14. Crackledawn
    02:08
    Crackledawn
  15. Reluctant reader to avid writer
    08:03
    Reluctant reader to avid writer
  16. Sue's early influences
    04:42
    Sue's early influences
  17. Hallowe'en in Scotland
    06:14
    Hallowe'en in Scotland
  18. Emily's Books
    02:27
    Emily's Books
  19. Favourite Scots Words
    04:20
    Favourite Scots Words
  20. Themes of books
    03:14
    Themes of books
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