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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. Reading from Grimwood: Attack of the Stink Monster
    06:54
    Reading from Grimwood: Attack of the Stink Monster
  11. Writing Fiction
    01:29
    Writing Fiction
  12. Health and Medicine
    04:36
    Health and Medicine
  13. A novel in verse
    01:02
    A novel in verse
  14. Question and Answer - Part 1
    05:57
    Question and Answer - Part 1
  15. Questions from Linlithgow Academy
    05:02
    Questions from Linlithgow Academy
  16. The story rollercoaster
    00:58
    The story rollercoaster
  17. Phil’s presentation
    21:56
    Phil’s presentation
  18. No Breathing in Class
    04:08
    No Breathing in Class
  19. Tom on his illustrations
    05:00
    Tom on his illustrations
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