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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. Two of David's novels
    05:49
    Two of David's novels
  3. The local library
    06:12
    The local library
  4. Imagination
    04:48
    Imagination
  5. The power of words
    05:31
    The power of words
  6. Starting as a writer
    03:55
    Starting as a writer
  7. Q&A with David Almond
    05:15
    Q&A with David Almond
  8. More Q&A with David Almond
    06:48
    More Q&A with David Almond
  9. Health and Medicine
    04:36
    Health and Medicine
  10. Diving Poem
    02:24
    Diving Poem
  11. Joyful Poetry
    00:53
    Joyful Poetry
  12. More Cookie Books
    01:04
    More Cookie Books
  13. D is for Dialogue
    03:04
    D is for Dialogue
  14. Writing historical fiction
    03:58
    Writing historical fiction
  15. Questions from schools
    06:40
    Questions from schools
  16. 100 Words on Friendship
    01:14
    100 Words on Friendship
  17. Sputnik
    00:55
    Sputnik
  18. Characters and Themes
    04:51
    Characters and Themes
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