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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. Scots
    01:14
    Scots
  3. Writing in Scots
    01:54
    Writing in Scots
  4. Minging!
    00:42
    Minging!
  5. Taking on Roald Dahl
    02:40
    Taking on Roald Dahl
  6. The right words
    02:22
    The right words
  7. Quentin Blake
    00:42
    Quentin Blake
  8. A reading in Scots
    02:35
    A reading in Scots
  9. Questions
    01:21
    Questions
  10. More questions
    03:14
    More questions
  11. Even more questions
    03:39
    Even more questions
  12. Working with an illustrator
    02:38
    Working with an illustrator
  13. Becoming an Author
    00:58
    Becoming an Author
  14. Sputnik
    00:55
    Sputnik
  15. Illustrating the Book
    02:15
    Illustrating the Book
  16. Studio questions
    03:22
    Studio questions
  17. Taking Up Boxing
    03:04
    Taking Up Boxing
  18. Process of illustration and writing
    01:40
    Process of illustration and writing
  19. Draw Noi and his dad
    10:03
    Draw Noi and his dad
  20. Ideas
    03:35
    Ideas
  21. There's Broccoli in my Ice Cream! - Part 2
    04:25
    There's Broccoli in my Ice Cream! - Part 2
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