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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. Is it easier or harder to write a trilogy?
    01:45
    Is it easier or harder to write a trilogy?
  12. 100 Words on Friendship
    01:14
    100 Words on Friendship
  13. The right words in the right order
    02:38
    The right words in the right order
  14. Reading from The Crossing
    04:47
    Reading from The Crossing
  15. Book Introduction
    01:20
    Book Introduction
  16. Desert island books
    02:27
    Desert island books
  17. Reading The Gruffalo in Gaelic
    07:30
    Reading The Gruffalo in Gaelic
  18. Diving Poem
    02:24
    Diving Poem
  19. Draw Noi and his dad
    10:03
    Draw Noi and his dad
  20. Creating a Poem
    08:58
    Creating a Poem
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