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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. Writing Haikus
    08:00
    Writing Haikus
  12. Rewilding and creating a space for nature
    09:01
    Rewilding and creating a space for nature
  13. Feather reading
    06:20
    Feather reading
  14. Tom and Ross on starting to write and draw
    05:14
    Tom and Ross on starting to write and draw
  15. Manjeet’s writing process
    07:37
    Manjeet’s writing process
  16. The World of the Crossing
    08:03
    The World of the Crossing
  17. A question of inspiration
    02:51
    A question of inspiration
  18. Writing – when why how?
    09:26
    Writing – when why how?
  19. Re-imagining Scottish folklore
    01:48
    Re-imagining Scottish folklore
  20. Reluctant reader to avid writer
    08:03
    Reluctant reader to avid writer
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