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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. Family matters
    03:43
    Family matters
  3. Tips for budding authors
    02:37
    Tips for budding authors
  4. Man reads out loud!
    07:10
    Man reads out loud!
  5. Pause for thought
    04:47
    Pause for thought
  6. Hamish and the Never People
    06:03
    Hamish and the Never People
  7. Question me silly!
    09:48
    Question me silly!
  8. Reading of The Squirrels Who Squabbled
    03:47
    Reading of The Squirrels Who Squabbled
  9. There's Broccoli in my Ice Cream! - Part 1
    04:07
    There's Broccoli in my Ice Cream! - Part 1
  10. Questions from the audience
    05:40
    Questions from the audience
  11. Persistence
    01:24
    Persistence
  12. How did you plan the structure of the novel?
    02:38
    How did you plan the structure of the novel?
  13. Questions from schools
    06:15
    Questions from schools
  14. The Great Storm Whale reading
    06:27
    The Great Storm Whale reading
  15. A first science fiction novel
    00:44
    A first science fiction novel
  16. How to Draw Eric Dynamite
    08:33
    How to Draw Eric Dynamite
  17. Working with young writers
    01:12
    Working with young writers
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