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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. Introducing Liz Pichon
    02:09
    Introducing Liz Pichon
  3. Tom Gates and his mates
    04:05
    Tom Gates and his mates
  4. Meet the Gates
    02:18
    Meet the Gates
  5. Through the keyhole
    01:18
    Through the keyhole
  6. Monster draw
    05:42
    Monster draw
  7. Reading
    03:48
    Reading
  8. Doodle with Liz
    09:19
    Doodle with Liz
  9. Questions
    06:13
    Questions
  10. Introducing Sav Akyuz
    01:45
    Introducing Sav Akyuz
  11. Feather reading
    06:20
    Feather reading
  12. Walking and talking
    02:23
    Walking and talking
  13. What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
    04:19
    What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
  14. Schools questions
    09:55
    Schools questions
  15. Early drawings
    00:49
    Early drawings
  16. Questions from Linlithgow Academy
    05:02
    Questions from Linlithgow Academy
  17. School Questions
    05:51
    School Questions
  18. My Heart
    01:52
    My Heart
  19. Poetry is everywhere
    14:55
    Poetry is everywhere
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