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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. Sport brings us together
    02:36
    Sport brings us together
  14. Don't Kvetch
    01:55
    Don't Kvetch
  15. Read a long
    04:36
    Read a long
  16. The Undefeated
    01:19
    The Undefeated
  17. Wizards of Once reading
    04:24
    Wizards of Once reading
  18. Toxic Relationships
    04:42
    Toxic Relationships
  19. Writing Tips with... Alastair Chisholm
    09:12
    Writing Tips with... Alastair Chisholm
  20. Keeping Up With Michael
    01:39
    Keeping Up With Michael
  21. Writing in Scots
    02:48
    Writing in Scots
  22. Reading from 'Luna Loves Dance'
    04:56
    Reading from 'Luna Loves Dance'
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