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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. Who likes stories?
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    Who likes stories?
  3. Talking in class
    01:47
    Talking in class
  4. Actor Vivian
    03:05
    Actor Vivian
  5. Writing a story down
    02:42
    Writing a story down
  6. Story build (part 1)
    04:03
    Story build (part 1)
  7. Story build (part 2)
    06:21
    Story build (part 2)
  8. Vivian talks titles
    01:18
    Vivian talks titles
  9. Alfie Onion
    08:13
    Alfie Onion
  10. Questions for Vivian
    03:32
    Questions for Vivian
  11. Children’s Laureate
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    Children’s Laureate
  12. School days and writing
    07:07
    School days and writing
  13. Introducing Cookie
    04:11
    Introducing Cookie
  14. Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
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    Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
  15. Persistence
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    Persistence
  16. Questions from schools
    07:40
    Questions from schools
  17. Reading from The Crossing
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    Reading from The Crossing
  18. Working in Comics
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    Working in Comics
  19. Hallowe'en in Scotland
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    Hallowe'en in Scotland
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    Konnie Reads From Cookie and the Most Annoying Boy in the World
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