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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. Who likes stories?
    02:48
    Who likes stories?
  3. Talking in class
    01:47
    Talking in class
  4. Actor Vivian
    03:05
    Actor Vivian
  5. Writing a story down
    02:42
    Writing a story down
  6. Story build (part 1)
    04:03
    Story build (part 1)
  7. Story build (part 2)
    06:21
    Story build (part 2)
  8. Vivian talks titles
    01:18
    Vivian talks titles
  9. Alfie Onion
    08:13
    Alfie Onion
  10. Questions for Vivian
    03:32
    Questions for Vivian
  11. Cracking questions
    02:08
    Cracking questions
  12. How to draw emotions
    04:34
    How to draw emotions
  13. A sudden idea
    01:52
    A sudden idea
  14. Read a long
    04:36
    Read a long
  15. What are you favourite things about books?
    01:20
    What are you favourite things about books?
  16. Desert island books
    02:27
    Desert island books
  17. Wizards of Once reading
    04:24
    Wizards of Once reading
  18. Illustrating the Book
    02:15
    Illustrating the Book
  19. He Had a Little Sticker
    01:25
    He Had a Little Sticker
  20. Slugs and Brain Pâté
    11:48
    Slugs and Brain Pâté
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