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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. Introducing Andy
    01:55
    Introducing Andy
  3. Young Andy
    07:15
    Young Andy
  4. Reading
    06:53
    Reading
  5. Writing stories
    08:20
    Writing stories
  6. Q&A with Andy Stanton
    07:29
    Q&A with Andy Stanton
  7. More Q&A with Andy Stanton
    08:22
    More Q&A with Andy Stanton
  8. Writing Tips with... Catherine Rayner
    08:13
    Writing Tips with... Catherine Rayner
  9. Writing Haikus
    08:00
    Writing Haikus
  10. Using Scotland as a setting
    01:06
    Using Scotland as a setting
  11. Question time
    04:36
    Question time
  12. Reading of The River
    04:08
    Reading of The River
  13. How Does Your Own Personal Experience Shape Your Writing?
    02:32
    How Does Your Own Personal Experience Shape Your Writing?
  14. Introducing Cookie
    04:11
    Introducing Cookie
  15. Where The Heart Should Be
    06:14
    Where The Heart Should Be
  16. Introducing us to new historical figures
    02:35
    Introducing us to new historical figures
  17. Hooked on Reading
    03:03
    Hooked on Reading
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