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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. Early Years
    03:15
    Early Years
  3. Growing Older With a Moustache
    03:24
    Growing Older With a Moustache
  4. My Superheroes
    04:35
    My Superheroes
  5. My Superpowers
    04:22
    My Superpowers
  6. Quick Quack Quentin
    06:04
    Quick Quack Quentin
  7. Stealing A's
    02:16
    Stealing A's
  8. Oi Frog!
    06:21
    Oi Frog!
  9. Alternative Ending
    03:46
    Alternative Ending
  10. Chocolate Cake
    07:56
    Chocolate Cake
  11. Children’s Laureate
    03:24
    Children’s Laureate
  12. Start with a face
    02:25
    Start with a face
  13. Process of illustration and writing
    01:40
    Process of illustration and writing
  14. Book Introduction
    01:20
    Book Introduction
  15. Kiran’s writing process
    05:08
    Kiran’s writing process
  16. School days and writing
    07:07
    School days and writing
  17. One frame
    01:29
    One frame
  18. Questions from the audience
    09:53
    Questions from the audience
  19. Names and Questions
    07:57
    Names and Questions
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