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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. Scots
    01:14
    Scots
  3. Writing in Scots
    01:54
    Writing in Scots
  4. Minging!
    00:42
    Minging!
  5. Taking on Roald Dahl
    02:40
    Taking on Roald Dahl
  6. The right words
    02:22
    The right words
  7. Quentin Blake
    00:42
    Quentin Blake
  8. A reading in Scots
    02:35
    A reading in Scots
  9. Questions
    01:21
    Questions
  10. More questions
    03:14
    More questions
  11. Even more questions
    03:39
    Even more questions
  12. Question and Answer - Part 2
    04:39
    Question and Answer - Part 2
  13. School days and writing
    07:07
    School days and writing
  14. Draw the Light Ship
    05:16
    Draw the Light Ship
  15. Working with an illustrator
    02:38
    Working with an illustrator
  16. A bit of a read
    04:28
    A bit of a read
  17. There's Broccoli in my Ice Cream! - Part 1
    04:07
    There's Broccoli in my Ice Cream! - Part 1
  18. Would any of your characters make a good therapet?
    01:05
    Would any of your characters make a good therapet?
  19. Reluctant reader to avid writer
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    Reluctant reader to avid writer
  20. Creating a Poem
    08:58
    Creating a Poem
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    Truth and Lies
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