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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. Stuck and The Incredible Book Eating Boy
    12:12
    Stuck and The Incredible Book Eating Boy
  3. Hueys
    11:15
    Hueys
  4. Q&A with Oliver Jeffers
    09:47
    Q&A with Oliver Jeffers
  5. What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
    04:19
    What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
  6. Questions from the audience
    09:53
    Questions from the audience
  7. Twitch reading
    05:36
    Twitch reading
  8. The main characters
    03:46
    The main characters
  9. Questions from schools
    05:22
    Questions from schools
  10. Who is Josh Bell?
    01:03
    Who is Josh Bell?
  11. Themes of books
    03:14
    Themes of books
  12. Beginnings
    01:47
    Beginnings
  13. The story rollercoaster
    00:58
    The story rollercoaster
  14. Creating a magical place
    06:49
    Creating a magical place
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