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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. Have a go!
    01:10
    Have a go!
  12. Cat Hepburn – poetry reading
    03:40
    Cat Hepburn – poetry reading
  13. Reading from Grimwood: Attack of the Stink Monster
    06:54
    Reading from Grimwood: Attack of the Stink Monster
  14. Whuppity Stoorie by Lari Don
    16:05
    Whuppity Stoorie by Lari Don
  15. Brian’s writing and favourite books
    04:33
    Brian’s writing and favourite books
  16. How to Draw Eric Dynamite
    08:33
    How to Draw Eric Dynamite
  17. Illustrating the Book
    02:15
    Illustrating the Book
  18. Balloons!
    02:59
    Balloons!
  19. Chris McQueer – reading
    03:07
    Chris McQueer – reading
  20. Questions from Linlithgow Academy
    05:02
    Questions from Linlithgow Academy
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