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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. The Egyptian Empire
    16:39
    The Egyptian Empire
  3. The British Empire
    04:33
    The British Empire
  4. The World Wars
    07:23
    The World Wars
  5. Weird and Wonderful Inventors
    02:32
    Weird and Wonderful Inventors
  6. Sarah’s route into fiction
    07:16
    Sarah’s route into fiction
  7. No Breathing in Class
    04:08
    No Breathing in Class
  8. Discussing illustration
    03:51
    Discussing illustration
  9. Konnie’s Favourite Character
    00:58
    Konnie’s Favourite Character
  10. A question of inspiration
    02:51
    A question of inspiration
  11. Audience questions
    03:17
    Audience questions
  12. A reading from Elizabeth
    02:18
    A reading from Elizabeth
  13. Reading from The Infinite
    05:46
    Reading from The Infinite
  14. Wordplay
    14:05
    Wordplay
  15. A sudden idea
    01:52
    A sudden idea
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