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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. Bendy, bendy toothbrush
    03:49
    Bendy, bendy toothbrush
  3. Book titles
    03:49
    Book titles
  4. Going through the old photos
    06:17
    Going through the old photos
  5. Hand on the bridge
    02:21
    Hand on the bridge
  6. If you weren't writing poetry books for children what would you like to have done instead?
    02:29
    If you weren't writing poetry books for children what would you like to have done instead?
  7. What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
    04:19
    What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
  8. How Does Your Own Personal Experience Shape Your Writing?
    02:32
    How Does Your Own Personal Experience Shape Your Writing?
  9. Acting and Writing
    05:49
    Acting and Writing
  10. I can do this!
    02:32
    I can do this!
  11. Flirting and locker room talk
    06:28
    Flirting and locker room talk
  12. Working with young writers
    01:12
    Working with young writers
  13. Being Children’s Laureate
    05:08
    Being Children’s Laureate
  14. Illustrating the Book
    02:15
    Illustrating the Book
  15. Poetry is everywhere
    14:55
    Poetry is everywhere
  16. A question from Freya.
    01:00
    A question from Freya.
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