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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. Simon Cowell
    00:38
    Simon Cowell
  3. Raj
    01:15
    Raj
  4. Characters
    02:09
    Characters
  5. Finishing feelings
    01:20
    Finishing feelings
  6. School dinners
    00:54
    School dinners
  7. Thames
    01:04
    Thames
  8. Favourite book
    02:25
    Favourite book
  9. Next book
    01:00
    Next book
  10. Favourite author
    01:17
    Favourite author
  11. Gangsta Granny
    12:25
    Gangsta Granny
  12. Readers and writers
    06:47
    Readers and writers
  13. Cardboard Cowboys reading
    05:01
    Cardboard Cowboys reading
  14. Drawing Bugbops
    10:18
    Drawing Bugbops
  15. Konnie’s Love of Science
    02:32
    Konnie’s Love of Science
  16. A sudden idea
    01:52
    A sudden idea
  17. Themes of The Infinite
    01:29
    Themes of The Infinite
  18. Books and confidence
    01:08
    Books and confidence
  19. The Great Storm Whale reading
    06:27
    The Great Storm Whale reading
  20. Flirting and locker room talk
    06:28
    Flirting and locker room talk
  21. Room on the Broom in Scots
    08:13
    Room on the Broom in Scots
  22. Studio questions
    02:06
    Studio questions
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