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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. Early Years
    03:15
    Early Years
  3. Growing Older With a Moustache
    03:24
    Growing Older With a Moustache
  4. My Superheroes
    04:35
    My Superheroes
  5. My Superpowers
    04:22
    My Superpowers
  6. Quick Quack Quentin
    06:04
    Quick Quack Quentin
  7. Stealing A's
    02:16
    Stealing A's
  8. Oi Frog!
    06:21
    Oi Frog!
  9. Alternative Ending
    03:46
    Alternative Ending
  10. Inspired by travelling
    14:41
    Inspired by travelling
  11. Inspiration
    02:14
    Inspiration
  12. The Otherwhere Emporium reading
    04:21
    The Otherwhere Emporium reading
  13. Reading The Undefeated
    03:32
    Reading The Undefeated
  14. Cuiken Primary film
    03:02
    Cuiken Primary film
  15. Studio questions
    02:06
    Studio questions
  16. Themes of books
    03:14
    Themes of books
  17. Reading from Race to the Frozen North
    02:32
    Reading from Race to the Frozen North
  18. What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
    03:02
    What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
  19. A sudden idea
    01:52
    A sudden idea
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