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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. How to Train Your Dragon reading
    04:38
    How to Train Your Dragon reading
  8. Writing Haikus
    08:00
    Writing Haikus
  9. Questions from Schools
    09:36
    Questions from Schools
  10. Questions from schools
    05:58
    Questions from schools
  11. Question and Answer - Part 2
    04:39
    Question and Answer - Part 2
  12. Konnie’s Favourite Character
    00:58
    Konnie’s Favourite Character
  13. How to draw emotions
    04:34
    How to draw emotions
  14. Using Scotland as a setting
    01:06
    Using Scotland as a setting
  15. A first science fiction novel
    00:44
    A first science fiction novel
  16. Themes of The Infinite
    01:29
    Themes of The Infinite
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