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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. The Egyptian Empire
    16:39
    The Egyptian Empire
  3. The British Empire
    04:33
    The British Empire
  4. The World Wars
    07:23
    The World Wars
  5. Weird and Wonderful Inventors
    02:32
    Weird and Wonderful Inventors
  6. How Books Start
    06:40
    How Books Start
  7. Draw along
    10:28
    Draw along
  8. Fan fiction of your life!
    01:05
    Fan fiction of your life!
  9. Reading from Grimwood: Attack of the Stink Monster
    06:54
    Reading from Grimwood: Attack of the Stink Monster
  10. Draw Noi and his dad
    10:03
    Draw Noi and his dad
  11. How did you plan the structure of the novel?
    02:38
    How did you plan the structure of the novel?
  12. How to Draw Eric Dynamite
    08:33
    How to Draw Eric Dynamite
  13. Hallowe'en in Scotland
    06:14
    Hallowe'en in Scotland
  14. He Had a Little Sticker
    01:25
    He Had a Little Sticker
  15. Poetry is everywhere
    14:55
    Poetry is everywhere
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