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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. Who likes stories?
    02:48
    Who likes stories?
  3. Talking in class
    01:47
    Talking in class
  4. Actor Vivian
    03:05
    Actor Vivian
  5. Writing a story down
    02:42
    Writing a story down
  6. Story build (part 1)
    04:03
    Story build (part 1)
  7. Story build (part 2)
    06:21
    Story build (part 2)
  8. Vivian talks titles
    01:18
    Vivian talks titles
  9. Alfie Onion
    08:13
    Alfie Onion
  10. Questions for Vivian
    03:32
    Questions for Vivian
  11. The Otherwhere Emporium reading
    04:21
    The Otherwhere Emporium reading
  12. The poetry community
    01:45
    The poetry community
  13. Orion Lost reading
    02:48
    Orion Lost reading
  14. More questions for Sav
    02:00
    More questions for Sav
  15. Self-Defence
    02:59
    Self-Defence
  16. There’s Nothing Cuter Than A Puppy
    06:17
    There’s Nothing Cuter Than A Puppy
  17. The real world and the fictional world
    11:22
    The real world and the fictional world
  18. Chris McQueer – reading
    03:07
    Chris McQueer – reading
  19. Stories are people
    01:59
    Stories are people
  20. Draw Noi and his dad
    10:03
    Draw Noi and his dad
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