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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?
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    How do you come up with names for your characters?
  2. Move it
    00:51
    Move it
  3. My dad knows everything
    04:26
    My dad knows everything
  4. Return of the bendy, bendy toothbrush
    05:50
    Return of the bendy, bendy toothbrush
  5. The noise!
    03:52
    The noise!
  6. The space
    01:18
    The space
  7. What is your favourite piece of work that you've written? What is your most treasured possession?
    03:19
    What is your favourite piece of work that you've written? What is your most treasured possession?
  8. Where do you get your ideas from? What is a poem?
    04:33
    Where do you get your ideas from? What is a poem?
  9. Boogie Woogie Buggy
    01:41
    Boogie Woogie Buggy
  10. More Cookie Books
    01:04
    More Cookie Books
  11. Don't Kvetch
    01:55
    Don't Kvetch
  12. Discovering New Words
    03:16
    Discovering New Words
  13. My Heart
    01:52
    My Heart
  14. Characters and Themes
    04:51
    Characters and Themes
  15. Cardboard Cowboys reading
    05:01
    Cardboard Cowboys reading
  16. What is the Nowhere Emporium?
    00:45
    What is the Nowhere Emporium?
  17. Questions from schools
    08:14
    Questions from schools
  18. Poetry is everywhere
    14:55
    Poetry is everywhere
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