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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. Hopeless at maths!
    05:06
    Hopeless at maths!
  3. Writing stories
    04:44
    Writing stories
  4. Lily Alone
    04:23
    Lily Alone
  5. Hetty Feather
    09:05
    Hetty Feather
  6. The story of Tracy
    04:13
    The story of Tracy
  7. Q&A with Jacqueline Wilson
    04:44
    Q&A with Jacqueline Wilson
  8. More Q&A with Jacqueline Wilson
    06:28
    More Q&A with Jacqueline Wilson
  9. The Otherwhere Emporium reading
    04:21
    The Otherwhere Emporium reading
  10. Reading from The Infinite
    05:46
    Reading from The Infinite
  11. Final thoughts
    01:33
    Final thoughts
  12. Writing in Scots
    02:48
    Writing in Scots
  13. Konnie Reads From Cookie and the Most Annoying Boy in the World
    05:18
    Konnie Reads From Cookie and the Most Annoying Boy in the World
  14. McLean Primary eco projects
    02:44
    McLean Primary eco projects
  15. Writing the Twitchers
    05:00
    Writing the Twitchers
  16. Pets
    00:55
    Pets
  17. Cracking questions
    02:08
    Cracking questions
  18. Brian’s writing and favourite books
    04:33
    Brian’s writing and favourite books
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