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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. The Egyptian Empire
    16:39
    The Egyptian Empire
  3. The British Empire
    04:33
    The British Empire
  4. The World Wars
    07:23
    The World Wars
  5. Weird and Wonderful Inventors
    02:32
    Weird and Wonderful Inventors
  6. Sarah’s route into fiction
    07:16
    Sarah’s route into fiction
  7. Phil’s characters
    05:36
    Phil’s characters
  8. Reading from The Crossing
    04:47
    Reading from The Crossing
  9. The power of fantasy fiction
    04:28
    The power of fantasy fiction
  10. Developing your voice
    02:24
    Developing your voice
  11. Balloons!
    02:59
    Balloons!
  12. Walking and talking
    02:23
    Walking and talking
  13. Why comics matter
    06:03
    Why comics matter
  14. Reading from 'Luna Loves Dance'
    04:56
    Reading from 'Luna Loves Dance'
  15. We are all storytellers
    05:27
    We are all storytellers
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