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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. Simon Cowell
    00:38
    Simon Cowell
  3. Raj
    01:15
    Raj
  4. Characters
    02:09
    Characters
  5. Finishing feelings
    01:20
    Finishing feelings
  6. School dinners
    00:54
    School dinners
  7. Thames
    01:04
    Thames
  8. Favourite book
    02:25
    Favourite book
  9. Next book
    01:00
    Next book
  10. Favourite author
    01:17
    Favourite author
  11. Gangsta Granny
    12:25
    Gangsta Granny
  12. Readers and writers
    06:47
    Readers and writers
  13. School Questions
    08:45
    School Questions
  14. Draw Along
    10:16
    Draw Along
  15. Writing Tips with... Alastair Chisholm
    09:12
    Writing Tips with... Alastair Chisholm
  16. Writing Tips with... Catherine Rayner
    08:13
    Writing Tips with... Catherine Rayner
  17. Myths and Monsters
    11:48
    Myths and Monsters
  18. Drawing Fruit and Veg
    04:16
    Drawing Fruit and Veg
  19. Questions from Linlithgow Academy
    05:02
    Questions from Linlithgow Academy
  20. School days and writing
    07:07
    School days and writing
  21. A question from Twitter
    01:07
    A question from Twitter
  22. Pupils' questions
    07:21
    Pupils' questions
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