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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. Ghosts of Heaven
    02:56
    Ghosts of Heaven
  3. Spirals and cave art
    02:59
    Spirals and cave art
  4. The beginning of writing
    01:47
    The beginning of writing
  5. The teenage brain
    05:51
    The teenage brain
  6. Writing realistically
    01:59
    Writing realistically
  7. Reading
    03:16
    Reading
  8. Into a dark cave
    01:36
    Into a dark cave
  9. Questions near
    05:54
    Questions near
  10. Questions far
    02:42
    Questions far
  11. More Cookie Books
    01:04
    More Cookie Books
  12. Pupils' questions
    07:21
    Pupils' questions
  13. Introduction to the Twitchers
    05:50
    Introduction to the Twitchers
  14. Reading of The River
    04:08
    Reading of The River
  15. Themes of books
    03:14
    Themes of books
  16. What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
    04:19
    What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
  17. Draw Along
    10:16
    Draw Along
  18. No Breathing in Class
    04:08
    No Breathing in Class
  19. Respecting each other
    01:57
    Respecting each other
  20. Discussing illustration
    03:51
    Discussing illustration
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