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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. Who likes stories?
    02:48
    Who likes stories?
  3. Talking in class
    01:47
    Talking in class
  4. Actor Vivian
    03:05
    Actor Vivian
  5. Writing a story down
    02:42
    Writing a story down
  6. Story build (part 1)
    04:03
    Story build (part 1)
  7. Story build (part 2)
    06:21
    Story build (part 2)
  8. Vivian talks titles
    01:18
    Vivian talks titles
  9. Alfie Onion
    08:13
    Alfie Onion
  10. Questions for Vivian
    03:32
    Questions for Vivian
  11. School days
    03:57
    School days
  12. Questions from schools
    04:02
    Questions from schools
  13. Our Tower reading
    06:12
    Our Tower reading
  14. How to Draw Eric Dynamite
    08:33
    How to Draw Eric Dynamite
  15. Kiran’s writing process
    05:08
    Kiran’s writing process
  16. Sputnik
    00:55
    Sputnik
  17. Nadine Aisha Jassat – poetry reading
    03:11
    Nadine Aisha Jassat – poetry reading
  18. Konnie’s Love of Science
    02:32
    Konnie’s Love of Science
  19. The importance of libraries
    08:10
    The importance of libraries
  20. Reading from The Crossover
    04:17
    Reading from The Crossover
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