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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. Horrid Henry's Monster Movie
    01:23
    Horrid Henry's Monster Movie
  3. A proof reading
    05:09
    A proof reading
  4. How Henry happened
    05:58
    How Henry happened
  5. Ideas for Henry's stories
    07:00
    Ideas for Henry's stories
  6. Not a Horrid Henry book
    02:16
    Not a Horrid Henry book
  7. Tips for budding writers
    03:41
    Tips for budding writers
  8. Q&A with Francesca Simon
    04:30
    Q&A with Francesca Simon
  9. More Q&A with Francesca Simon
    04:21
    More Q&A with Francesca Simon
  10. Feather reading
    06:20
    Feather reading
  11. Introduction to the Twitchers
    05:50
    Introduction to the Twitchers
  12. Early drawings
    00:49
    Early drawings
  13. Making the change
    03:33
    Making the change
  14. Draw Goldy the Gecko
    04:43
    Draw Goldy the Gecko
  15. Dogs in space
    01:29
    Dogs in space
  16. The Otherwhere Emporium reading
    04:21
    The Otherwhere Emporium reading
  17. Creating a magical place
    06:49
    Creating a magical place
  18. What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
    03:02
    What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
  19. Writing Tips with... Alastair Chisholm
    09:12
    Writing Tips with... Alastair Chisholm
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