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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. Questions from the audience
    09:53
    Questions from the audience
  10. Konnie Reads From Cookie and the Most Annoying Boy in the World
    05:18
    Konnie Reads From Cookie and the Most Annoying Boy in the World
  11. Daisy on the Outer Line
    02:34
    Daisy on the Outer Line
  12. Nadine Aisha Jassat – poetry reading
    03:11
    Nadine Aisha Jassat – poetry reading
  13. Reluctant reader to avid writer
    08:03
    Reluctant reader to avid writer
  14. McLean Primary eco projects
    02:44
    McLean Primary eco projects
  15. Ideas and inspirational teachers
    05:32
    Ideas and inspirational teachers
  16. A question from Twitter
    01:07
    A question from Twitter
  17. How did you plan the structure of the novel?
    02:38
    How did you plan the structure of the novel?
  18. Wizards of Once reading
    04:24
    Wizards of Once reading
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