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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. Family matters
    03:43
    Family matters
  3. Tips for budding authors
    02:37
    Tips for budding authors
  4. Man reads out loud!
    07:10
    Man reads out loud!
  5. Pause for thought
    04:47
    Pause for thought
  6. Hamish and the Never People
    06:03
    Hamish and the Never People
  7. Question me silly!
    09:48
    Question me silly!
  8. Meeting the Wolf Queen
    02:20
    Meeting the Wolf Queen
  9. Developing your voice
    02:24
    Developing your voice
  10. School days
    03:57
    School days
  11. Dogs in space
    01:29
    Dogs in space
  12. Using Scotland as a setting
    01:06
    Using Scotland as a setting
  13. Sport brings us together
    02:36
    Sport brings us together
  14. The Undefeated
    01:19
    The Undefeated
  15. Sarah’s route into fiction
    07:16
    Sarah’s route into fiction
  16. Inspiration
    02:14
    Inspiration
  17. How to draw emotions
    04:34
    How to draw emotions
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