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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. Introducing Liz Pichon
    02:09
    Introducing Liz Pichon
  3. Tom Gates and his mates
    04:05
    Tom Gates and his mates
  4. Meet the Gates
    02:18
    Meet the Gates
  5. Through the keyhole
    01:18
    Through the keyhole
  6. Monster draw
    05:42
    Monster draw
  7. Reading
    03:48
    Reading
  8. Doodle with Liz
    09:19
    Doodle with Liz
  9. Questions
    06:13
    Questions
  10. Reading from The Crossover
    04:17
    Reading from The Crossover
  11. How does Ross feel about writing and completing books?
    07:11
    How does Ross feel about writing and completing books?
  12. Desert island books
    02:27
    Desert island books
  13. Sport brings us together
    02:36
    Sport brings us together
  14. Writing – when why how?
    09:26
    Writing – when why how?
  15. Writing Tips with... Alastair Chisholm
    09:12
    Writing Tips with... Alastair Chisholm
  16. Audience questions
    03:17
    Audience questions
  17. The Great Storm Whale reading
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    The Great Storm Whale reading
  18. A sudden idea
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    A sudden idea
  19. A first science fiction novel
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    A first science fiction novel
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