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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. Scots
    01:14
    Scots
  3. Writing in Scots
    01:54
    Writing in Scots
  4. Minging!
    00:42
    Minging!
  5. Taking on Roald Dahl
    02:40
    Taking on Roald Dahl
  6. The right words
    02:22
    The right words
  7. Quentin Blake
    00:42
    Quentin Blake
  8. A reading in Scots
    02:35
    A reading in Scots
  9. Questions
    01:21
    Questions
  10. More questions
    03:14
    More questions
  11. Even more questions
    03:39
    Even more questions
  12. Sputnik
    00:55
    Sputnik
  13. Room on the Broom in Scots
    08:13
    Room on the Broom in Scots
  14. A novel in verse
    01:02
    A novel in verse
  15. Question and Answer - Part 1
    05:57
    Question and Answer - Part 1
  16. The hero birds
    03:03
    The hero birds
  17. Acting and Writing
    05:49
    Acting and Writing
  18. How Does Your Own Personal Experience Shape Your Writing?
    02:32
    How Does Your Own Personal Experience Shape Your Writing?
  19. Lauren reads
    04:58
    Lauren reads
  20. Draw Along
    10:16
    Draw Along
  21. Hand on the Bridge
    02:28
    Hand on the Bridge
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