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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. Ghosts of Heaven
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    Ghosts of Heaven
  3. Spirals and cave art
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    Spirals and cave art
  4. The beginning of writing
    01:47
    The beginning of writing
  5. The teenage brain
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    The teenage brain
  6. Writing realistically
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    Writing realistically
  7. Reading
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    Reading
  8. Into a dark cave
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    Into a dark cave
  9. Questions near
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    Questions near
  10. Questions far
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    Questions far
  11. Going around gardens!
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    Going around gardens!
  12. Hercules Song
    01:56
    Hercules Song
  13. A question about Charlie and Lola
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    A question about Charlie and Lola
  14. Reading from The Crossing
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    Reading from The Crossing
  15. The main characters
    03:46
    The main characters
  16. Cookie’s Brain Busting Quiz
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    Cookie’s Brain Busting Quiz
  17. Reading from Race to the Frozen North
    02:32
    Reading from Race to the Frozen North
  18. He Had a Little Sticker
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    He Had a Little Sticker
  19. Self-Defence
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    Self-Defence
  20. The importance of libraries
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    The importance of libraries
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