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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. Early Years
    03:15
    Early Years
  3. Growing Older With a Moustache
    03:24
    Growing Older With a Moustache
  4. My Superheroes
    04:35
    My Superheroes
  5. My Superpowers
    04:22
    My Superpowers
  6. Quick Quack Quentin
    06:04
    Quick Quack Quentin
  7. Stealing A's
    02:16
    Stealing A's
  8. Oi Frog!
    06:21
    Oi Frog!
  9. Alternative Ending
    03:46
    Alternative Ending
  10. Names and Questions
    07:57
    Names and Questions
  11. Nadine Aisha Jassat – poetry reading
    03:11
    Nadine Aisha Jassat – poetry reading
  12. Sarah’s route into fiction
    07:16
    Sarah’s route into fiction
  13. Discussing illustration
    03:51
    Discussing illustration
  14. Characters
    01:58
    Characters
  15. The right words in the right order
    02:38
    The right words in the right order
  16. Books and confidence
    01:08
    Books and confidence
  17. Writing Haikus
    08:00
    Writing Haikus
  18. Creating a magical place
    06:49
    Creating a magical place
  19. Draw Noi and his dad
    10:03
    Draw Noi and his dad
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