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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. Hopeless at maths!
    05:06
    Hopeless at maths!
  3. Writing stories
    04:44
    Writing stories
  4. Lily Alone
    04:23
    Lily Alone
  5. Hetty Feather
    09:05
    Hetty Feather
  6. The story of Tracy
    04:13
    The story of Tracy
  7. Q&A with Jacqueline Wilson
    04:44
    Q&A with Jacqueline Wilson
  8. More Q&A with Jacqueline Wilson
    06:28
    More Q&A with Jacqueline Wilson
  9. No Breathing in Class
    04:08
    No Breathing in Class
  10. How important is it for young queer people to see themselves in fiction?
    03:12
    How important is it for young queer people to see themselves in fiction?
  11. A novel in verse
    01:02
    A novel in verse
  12. The poetry community
    01:45
    The poetry community
  13. The Undefeated
    01:19
    The Undefeated
  14. Flirting and locker room talk
    06:28
    Flirting and locker room talk
  15. Konnie’s Favourite Character
    00:58
    Konnie’s Favourite Character
  16. More Cookie Books
    01:04
    More Cookie Books
  17. Writing Fiction
    01:29
    Writing Fiction
  18. Audience questions
    03:17
    Audience questions
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