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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. Introducing James
    01:39
    Introducing James
  3. How James got started
    03:33
    How James got started
  4. A pirate picture story
    10:15
    A pirate picture story
  5. Picturing Nessie
    04:01
    Picturing Nessie
  6. Q&A with James Mayhew
    11:26
    Q&A with James Mayhew
  7. Weather and climate
    00:56
    Weather and climate
  8. Brian’s writing and favourite books
    04:33
    Brian’s writing and favourite books
  9. The Great Storm Whale reading
    06:27
    The Great Storm Whale reading
  10. It Does Matter
    02:17
    It Does Matter
  11. Themes of The Infinite
    01:29
    Themes of The Infinite
  12. Myths and Monsters
    11:48
    Myths and Monsters
  13. Self-Defence
    02:59
    Self-Defence
  14. Balloons!
    02:59
    Balloons!
  15. Process of illustration and writing
    01:40
    Process of illustration and writing
  16. Developing your voice
    02:24
    Developing your voice
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