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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. Move it
    00:51
    Move it
  3. My dad knows everything
    04:26
    My dad knows everything
  4. Return of the bendy, bendy toothbrush
    05:50
    Return of the bendy, bendy toothbrush
  5. The noise!
    03:52
    The noise!
  6. The space
    01:18
    The space
  7. What is your favourite piece of work that you've written? What is your most treasured possession?
    03:19
    What is your favourite piece of work that you've written? What is your most treasured possession?
  8. Where do you get your ideas from? What is a poem?
    04:33
    Where do you get your ideas from? What is a poem?
  9. There’s Nothing Faster Than a Cheetah
    03:53
    There’s Nothing Faster Than a Cheetah
  10. Reading from Maddy Yip's guide to life
    09:49
    Reading from Maddy Yip's guide to life
  11. Persistence
    01:24
    Persistence
  12. Newton Farm Questions
    05:46
    Newton Farm Questions
  13. 100 Words on Friendship
    01:14
    100 Words on Friendship
  14. Steven Lenton's illustrations
    00:35
    Steven Lenton's illustrations
  15. Mental Health
    02:25
    Mental Health
  16. Writing in Scots
    02:48
    Writing in Scots
  17. A first science fiction novel
    00:44
    A first science fiction novel
  18. More questions for Sav
    02:00
    More questions for Sav
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