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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. Ghosts of Heaven
    02:56
    Ghosts of Heaven
  3. Spirals and cave art
    02:59
    Spirals and cave art
  4. The beginning of writing
    01:47
    The beginning of writing
  5. The teenage brain
    05:51
    The teenage brain
  6. Writing realistically
    01:59
    Writing realistically
  7. Reading
    03:16
    Reading
  8. Into a dark cave
    01:36
    Into a dark cave
  9. Questions near
    05:54
    Questions near
  10. Questions far
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    Questions far
  11. Hooked on Reading
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    Hooked on Reading
  12. Creating a Poem
    08:58
    Creating a Poem
  13. Dealing with Racists
    01:11
    Dealing with Racists
  14. What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
    04:19
    What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
  15. Chat with Comic Artist Tanya Roberts
    02:48
    Chat with Comic Artist Tanya Roberts
  16. Pupils' questions
    07:21
    Pupils' questions
  17. Balloons!
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    Balloons!
  18. Questions from schools
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    Questions from schools
  19. The main characters
    03:46
    The main characters
  20. Inspired by travelling
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    Inspired by travelling
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