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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. How to be a writer
    02:37
    How to be a writer
  3. Michael Morpurgo's secret
    03:21
    Michael Morpurgo's secret
  4. Sketch it out!
    02:37
    Sketch it out!
  5. Everything is cool!
    04:22
    Everything is cool!
  6. The Elephant in the Garden
    09:18
    The Elephant in the Garden
  7. Q&A with Michael Morpurgo
    07:16
    Q&A with Michael Morpurgo
  8. More Q&A with Michael Morpurgo
    08:33
    More Q&A with Michael Morpurgo
  9. Studio questions
    02:06
    Studio questions
  10. Translating into Gaelic
    00:53
    Translating into Gaelic
  11. What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
    04:19
    What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
  12. Room on the Broom in Scots
    08:13
    Room on the Broom in Scots
  13. More questions for Sav
    02:00
    More questions for Sav
  14. A monster quiz
    08:19
    A monster quiz
  15. Cracking questions
    02:08
    Cracking questions
  16. My Heart
    01:52
    My Heart
  17. Early drawings
    00:49
    Early drawings
  18. The Black Flamingo
    05:09
    The Black Flamingo
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