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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. The Egyptian Empire
    16:39
    The Egyptian Empire
  3. The British Empire
    04:33
    The British Empire
  4. The World Wars
    07:23
    The World Wars
  5. Weird and Wonderful Inventors
    02:32
    Weird and Wonderful Inventors
  6. Truth and Lies
    13:33
    Truth and Lies
  7. More questions for Sav
    02:00
    More questions for Sav
  8. Writing the Twitchers
    05:00
    Writing the Twitchers
  9. Box Yourself
    03:44
    Box Yourself
  10. The poetry community
    01:45
    The poetry community
  11. A reading from Elizabeth
    02:18
    A reading from Elizabeth
  12. More questions
    01:42
    More questions
  13. Questions from schools
    05:22
    Questions from schools
  14. Authors Live with Holly Bourne
    34:04
    Authors Live with Holly Bourne
  15. Three pointers for writers
    01:10
    Three pointers for writers
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