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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?
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  3. Hueys
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  4. Q&A with Oliver Jeffers
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    Q&A with Oliver Jeffers
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    Translating into Gaelic
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    Questions
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    Writing Tips with... Alastair Chisholm
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