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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. Mental Health
    02:25
    Mental Health
  14. Writing Tips with... Catherine Rayner
    08:13
    Writing Tips with... Catherine Rayner
  15. Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
    06:54
    Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
  16. Birdspotting Quiz
    05:46
    Birdspotting Quiz
  17. Names and Questions
    07:57
    Names and Questions
  18. Wordplay
    14:05
    Wordplay
  19. D is for Dialogue
    03:04
    D is for Dialogue
  20. How to Draw Granville's Body
    07:54
    How to Draw Granville's Body
  21. Questions from schools
    08:43
    Questions from schools
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    Wizards of Once reading
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