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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. Bendy, bendy toothbrush
    03:49
    Bendy, bendy toothbrush
  3. Book titles
    03:49
    Book titles
  4. Going through the old photos
    06:17
    Going through the old photos
  5. Hand on the bridge
    02:21
    Hand on the bridge
  6. If you weren't writing poetry books for children what would you like to have done instead?
    02:29
    If you weren't writing poetry books for children what would you like to have done instead?
  7. Questions from schools
    05:22
    Questions from schools
  8. Flirting and locker room talk
    06:28
    Flirting and locker room talk
  9. Our Tower reading
    06:12
    Our Tower reading
  10. Box Yourself
    03:44
    Box Yourself
  11. What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
    03:02
    What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
  12. Writing Tips with... Alastair Chisholm
    09:12
    Writing Tips with... Alastair Chisholm
  13. School Questions
    05:51
    School Questions
  14. The Great Storm Whale reading
    06:27
    The Great Storm Whale reading
  15. Questions from schools
    04:02
    Questions from schools
  16. Questions
    04:03
    Questions
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