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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. Horrid Henry's Monster Movie
    01:23
    Horrid Henry's Monster Movie
  3. A proof reading
    05:09
    A proof reading
  4. How Henry happened
    05:58
    How Henry happened
  5. Ideas for Henry's stories
    07:00
    Ideas for Henry's stories
  6. Not a Horrid Henry book
    02:16
    Not a Horrid Henry book
  7. Tips for budding writers
    03:41
    Tips for budding writers
  8. Q&A with Francesca Simon
    04:30
    Q&A with Francesca Simon
  9. More Q&A with Francesca Simon
    04:21
    More Q&A with Francesca Simon
  10. How to Train Your Dragon reading
    04:38
    How to Train Your Dragon reading
  11. Draw the Light Ship
    05:16
    Draw the Light Ship
  12. Dogs in space
    01:29
    Dogs in space
  13. Questions from schools
    08:14
    Questions from schools
  14. Would any of your characters make a good therapet?
    01:05
    Would any of your characters make a good therapet?
  15. Being Children’s Laureate
    05:08
    Being Children’s Laureate
  16. Writing Tips with... Alastair Chisholm
    09:12
    Writing Tips with... Alastair Chisholm
  17. Pupils' questions
    07:21
    Pupils' questions
  18. Start with a face
    02:25
    Start with a face
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