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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. What's Sputnik up to?
    00:32
    What's Sputnik up to?
  13. How Does Your Own Personal Experience Shape Your Writing?
    02:32
    How Does Your Own Personal Experience Shape Your Writing?
  14. Chocolate Cake
    07:56
    Chocolate Cake
  15. Final thoughts
    01:33
    Final thoughts
  16. Beginnings
    01:47
    Beginnings
  17. Characters and Themes
    04:51
    Characters and Themes
  18. Writing Tips with... Catherine Rayner
    08:13
    Writing Tips with... Catherine Rayner
  19. How to draw a blobfish
    03:35
    How to draw a blobfish
  20. Sarah’s route into fiction
    07:16
    Sarah’s route into fiction
  21. Have a go!
    01:10
    Have a go!
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