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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. Simon Cowell
    00:38
    Simon Cowell
  3. Raj
    01:15
    Raj
  4. Characters
    02:09
    Characters
  5. Finishing feelings
    01:20
    Finishing feelings
  6. School dinners
    00:54
    School dinners
  7. Thames
    01:04
    Thames
  8. Favourite book
    02:25
    Favourite book
  9. Next book
    01:00
    Next book
  10. Favourite author
    01:17
    Favourite author
  11. Gangsta Granny
    12:25
    Gangsta Granny
  12. Readers and writers
    06:47
    Readers and writers
  13. What is the Nowhere Emporium?
    00:45
    What is the Nowhere Emporium?
  14. This is a democracy
    00:39
    This is a democracy
  15. The origins of 'Lads'
    06:09
    The origins of 'Lads'
  16. Daisy on the Outer Line
    02:34
    Daisy on the Outer Line
  17. Ideas and inspirational teachers
    05:32
    Ideas and inspirational teachers
  18. Introducing Sav Akyuz
    01:45
    Introducing Sav Akyuz
  19. Who is Josh Bell?
    01:03
    Who is Josh Bell?
  20. Manjeet’s writing process
    07:37
    Manjeet’s writing process
  21. Meeting the Wolf Queen
    02:20
    Meeting the Wolf Queen
  22. Reluctant reader to avid writer
    08:03
    Reluctant reader to avid writer
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