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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. How to be a writer
    02:37
    How to be a writer
  3. Michael Morpurgo's secret
    03:21
    Michael Morpurgo's secret
  4. Sketch it out!
    02:37
    Sketch it out!
  5. Everything is cool!
    04:22
    Everything is cool!
  6. The Elephant in the Garden
    09:18
    The Elephant in the Garden
  7. Q&A with Michael Morpurgo
    07:16
    Q&A with Michael Morpurgo
  8. More Q&A with Michael Morpurgo
    08:33
    More Q&A with Michael Morpurgo
  9. How to Train Your Dragon reading
    04:38
    How to Train Your Dragon reading
  10. Scrapbooks and plans
    05:43
    Scrapbooks and plans
  11. Questions from schools
    05:58
    Questions from schools
  12. Crackledawn
    02:08
    Crackledawn
  13. A reading from Elizabeth
    02:18
    A reading from Elizabeth
  14. Boogie Woogie Buggy
    01:41
    Boogie Woogie Buggy
  15. Hallowe'en in Scotland
    06:14
    Hallowe'en in Scotland
  16. Questions from schools
    07:37
    Questions from schools
  17. The poetry community
    01:45
    The poetry community
  18. It Does Matter
    02:17
    It Does Matter
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