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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. The Choosing
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    The Choosing
  3. From a Mouse
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    From a Mouse
  4. To a Mouse
    02:42
    To a Mouse
  5. Tam o' Shanter
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    Tam o' Shanter
  6. Q&A with Liz Lochhead
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    Q&A with Liz Lochhead
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    Cuiken Primary film
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    Toxic Relationships
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    How did you plan the structure of the novel?
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    Themes of The Infinite
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