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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. Simon Cowell
    00:38
    Simon Cowell
  3. Raj
    01:15
    Raj
  4. Characters
    02:09
    Characters
  5. Finishing feelings
    01:20
    Finishing feelings
  6. School dinners
    00:54
    School dinners
  7. Thames
    01:04
    Thames
  8. Favourite book
    02:25
    Favourite book
  9. Next book
    01:00
    Next book
  10. Favourite author
    01:17
    Favourite author
  11. Gangsta Granny
    12:25
    Gangsta Granny
  12. Readers and writers
    06:47
    Readers and writers
  13. Scrapbooks and plans
    05:43
    Scrapbooks and plans
  14. Slugs and Brain Pâté
    11:48
    Slugs and Brain Pâté
  15. Final thoughts
    01:33
    Final thoughts
  16. Room on the Broom in Scots
    08:13
    Room on the Broom in Scots
  17. Authors Live with Ross Sayers
    31:15
    Authors Live with Ross Sayers
  18. Why comics matter
    06:03
    Why comics matter
  19. A question from Freya.
    01:00
    A question from Freya.
  20. A sudden idea
    01:52
    A sudden idea
  21. Keep going!
    01:28
    Keep going!
  22. Favourite Scots Words
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    Favourite Scots Words
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