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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. There's Broccoli in my Ice Cream! - Part 1
    04:07
    There's Broccoli in my Ice Cream! - Part 1
  12. Sputnik
    00:55
    Sputnik
  13. Konnie’s Love of Science
    02:32
    Konnie’s Love of Science
  14. Favourite Scots Words
    04:20
    Favourite Scots Words
  15. How Catherine works
    00:59
    How Catherine works
  16. Process of illustration and writing
    01:40
    Process of illustration and writing
  17. Discovering New Words
    03:16
    Discovering New Words
  18. Dealing with Racists
    01:11
    Dealing with Racists
  19. Slugs and Brain Pâté
    11:48
    Slugs and Brain Pâté
  20. Bumble and Snug reading
    04:07
    Bumble and Snug reading
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