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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. Move it
    00:51
    Move it
  3. My dad knows everything
    04:26
    My dad knows everything
  4. Return of the bendy, bendy toothbrush
    05:50
    Return of the bendy, bendy toothbrush
  5. The noise!
    03:52
    The noise!
  6. The space
    01:18
    The space
  7. What is your favourite piece of work that you've written? What is your most treasured possession?
    03:19
    What is your favourite piece of work that you've written? What is your most treasured possession?
  8. Where do you get your ideas from? What is a poem?
    04:33
    Where do you get your ideas from? What is a poem?
  9. Scottish words and questions from schools
    08:09
    Scottish words and questions from schools
  10. Reading The Undefeated
    03:32
    Reading The Undefeated
  11. Pets
    00:55
    Pets
  12. Writing Tips with... Catherine Rayner
    08:13
    Writing Tips with... Catherine Rayner
  13. Sarah’s route into fiction
    07:16
    Sarah’s route into fiction
  14. Names and Questions
    07:57
    Names and Questions
  15. Questions and Answers
    06:15
    Questions and Answers
  16. Authors Live with Ross Sayers
    31:15
    Authors Live with Ross Sayers
  17. Three pointers for writers
    01:10
    Three pointers for writers
  18. Writing – when why how?
    09:26
    Writing – when why how?
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