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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. A reading from Elizabeth
    02:18
    A reading from Elizabeth
  13. Myths and Monsters
    11:48
    Myths and Monsters
  14. Questions from schools
    05:21
    Questions from schools
  15. Writing the Twitchers
    05:00
    Writing the Twitchers
  16. What inspired Ross MacKenzie to continue with his series of books?
    01:13
    What inspired Ross MacKenzie to continue with his series of books?
  17. About Our Tower
    04:05
    About Our Tower
  18. Newton Farm Questions
    05:46
    Newton Farm Questions
  19. Questions from schools
    05:58
    Questions from schools
  20. Ideas for books
    02:25
    Ideas for books
  21. Start with a face
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    Start with a face
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