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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. Scots
    01:14
    Scots
  3. Writing in Scots
    01:54
    Writing in Scots
  4. Minging!
    00:42
    Minging!
  5. Taking on Roald Dahl
    02:40
    Taking on Roald Dahl
  6. The right words
    02:22
    The right words
  7. Quentin Blake
    00:42
    Quentin Blake
  8. A reading in Scots
    02:35
    A reading in Scots
  9. Questions
    01:21
    Questions
  10. More questions
    03:14
    More questions
  11. Even more questions
    03:39
    Even more questions
  12. Discovering New Words
    03:16
    Discovering New Words
  13. More questions
    01:42
    More questions
  14. I can do this!
    02:32
    I can do this!
  15. Drawing Bugbops
    10:18
    Drawing Bugbops
  16. Box Yourself
    03:44
    Box Yourself
  17. Reading from 'Luna Loves Dance'
    04:56
    Reading from 'Luna Loves Dance'
  18. Creating a magical place
    06:49
    Creating a magical place
  19. Re-imagining Scottish folklore
    01:48
    Re-imagining Scottish folklore
  20. One frame
    01:29
    One frame
  21. Phil’s characters
    05:36
    Phil’s characters
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