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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. Who likes stories?
    02:48
    Who likes stories?
  3. Talking in class
    01:47
    Talking in class
  4. Actor Vivian
    03:05
    Actor Vivian
  5. Writing a story down
    02:42
    Writing a story down
  6. Story build (part 1)
    04:03
    Story build (part 1)
  7. Story build (part 2)
    06:21
    Story build (part 2)
  8. Vivian talks titles
    01:18
    Vivian talks titles
  9. Alfie Onion
    08:13
    Alfie Onion
  10. Questions for Vivian
    03:32
    Questions for Vivian
  11. Reading from Grimwood: Attack of the Stink Monster
    06:54
    Reading from Grimwood: Attack of the Stink Monster
  12. Three pointers for writers
    01:10
    Three pointers for writers
  13. Wordplay
    14:05
    Wordplay
  14. Ideas for books
    02:25
    Ideas for books
  15. Chae is Dr Who
    05:39
    Chae is Dr Who
  16. Draw along
    10:28
    Draw along
  17. 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?
  18. 100 Words on Friendship
    01:14
    100 Words on Friendship
  19. Who is Josh Bell?
    01:03
    Who is Josh Bell?
  20. The right words in the right order
    02:38
    The right words in the right order
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