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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 Choosing
    03:14
    The Choosing
  3. From a Mouse
    04:19
    From a Mouse
  4. To a Mouse
    02:42
    To a Mouse
  5. Tam o' Shanter
    05:50
    Tam o' Shanter
  6. Q&A with Liz Lochhead
    06:10
    Q&A with Liz Lochhead
  7. More Q&A with Liz Lochhead
    06:56
    More Q&A with Liz Lochhead
  8. Phil’s characters
    05:36
    Phil’s characters
  9. How Books Start
    06:40
    How Books Start
  10. Phil’s presentation
    21:56
    Phil’s presentation
  11. Questions from Schools
    09:36
    Questions from Schools
  12. Questions
    04:03
    Questions
  13. Is it easier or harder to write a trilogy?
    01:45
    Is it easier or harder to write a trilogy?
  14. How to draw a blobfish
    03:35
    How to draw a blobfish
  15. Ideas
    03:35
    Ideas
  16. Stories and puzzles
    01:34
    Stories and puzzles
  17. Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?
    00:48
    Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?
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