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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. Simon Cowell
    00:38
    Simon Cowell
  3. Raj
    01:15
    Raj
  4. Characters
    02:09
    Characters
  5. Finishing feelings
    01:20
    Finishing feelings
  6. School dinners
    00:54
    School dinners
  7. Thames
    01:04
    Thames
  8. Favourite book
    02:25
    Favourite book
  9. Next book
    01:00
    Next book
  10. Favourite author
    01:17
    Favourite author
  11. Gangsta Granny
    12:25
    Gangsta Granny
  12. Readers and writers
    06:47
    Readers and writers
  13. Phil’s characters
    05:36
    Phil’s characters
  14. Reading of The Squirrels Who Squabbled
    03:47
    Reading of The Squirrels Who Squabbled
  15. Rewilding and creating a space for nature
    09:01
    Rewilding and creating a space for nature
  16. Respecting each other
    01:57
    Respecting each other
  17. Questions from schools
    07:16
    Questions from schools
  18. Boogie Woogie Buggy
    01:41
    Boogie Woogie Buggy
  19. Flirting and locker room talk
    06:28
    Flirting and locker room talk
  20. Draw along
    10:28
    Draw along
  21. A bit of a read
    04:28
    A bit of a read
  22. Translating into Gaelic
    00:53
    Translating into Gaelic
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