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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. Move it
    00:51
    Move it
  3. My dad knows everything
    04:26
    My dad knows everything
  4. Return of the bendy, bendy toothbrush
    05:50
    Return of the bendy, bendy toothbrush
  5. The noise!
    03:52
    The noise!
  6. The space
    01:18
    The space
  7. What is your favourite piece of work that you've written? What is your most treasured possession?
    03:19
    What is your favourite piece of work that you've written? What is your most treasured possession?
  8. Where do you get your ideas from? What is a poem?
    04:33
    Where do you get your ideas from? What is a poem?
  9. A bit of a read
    04:28
    A bit of a read
  10. Bumble and Snug reading
    04:07
    Bumble and Snug reading
  11. How Does Your Own Personal Experience Shape Your Writing?
    02:32
    How Does Your Own Personal Experience Shape Your Writing?
  12. What inspired Ross MacKenzie to continue with his series of books?
    01:13
    What inspired Ross MacKenzie to continue with his series of books?
  13. What's Sputnik up to?
    00:32
    What's Sputnik up to?
  14. Writing historical fiction
    03:58
    Writing historical fiction
  15. Relationship Counsellor
    02:45
    Relationship Counsellor
  16. Final thoughts
    01:33
    Final thoughts
  17. A first science fiction novel
    00:44
    A first science fiction novel
  18. Ideas for books
    02:25
    Ideas for books
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