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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. Orion Lost reading
    02:48
    Orion Lost reading
  10. More questions for Sav
    02:00
    More questions for Sav
  11. Draw Goldy the Gecko
    04:43
    Draw Goldy the Gecko
  12. Kiran’s writing process
    05:08
    Kiran’s writing process
  13. Developing your voice
    02:24
    Developing your voice
  14. Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
    04:28
    Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
  15. What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
    03:02
    What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
  16. 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?
  17. Boogie Woogie Buggy
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    Boogie Woogie Buggy
  18. How to Train Your Dragon reading
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    How to Train Your Dragon reading
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