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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. Book Introduction
    01:20
    Book Introduction
  3. Reading from The Boxer
    01:42
    Reading from The Boxer
  4. How to Start Writing a Book
    06:40
    How to Start Writing a Book
  5. It Does Matter
    02:17
    It Does Matter
  6. Dealing with Racists
    01:11
    Dealing with Racists
  7. Taking Up Boxing
    03:04
    Taking Up Boxing
  8. Box Yourself
    03:44
    Box Yourself
  9. Self-Defence
    02:59
    Self-Defence
  10. Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
    04:07
    Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
  11. Question and Answer - Part 1
    05:57
    Question and Answer - Part 1
  12. Question and Answer - Part 2
    04:39
    Question and Answer - Part 2
  13. Reading of The Squirrels Who Squabbled
    03:47
    Reading of The Squirrels Who Squabbled
  14. A reading from Elizabeth
    02:18
    A reading from Elizabeth
  15. Have a go!
    01:10
    Have a go!
  16. School days and writing
    07:07
    School days and writing
  17. Writing Fiction
    01:29
    Writing Fiction
  18. Final thoughts
    01:33
    Final thoughts
  19. Forrester High's 2048 Predictions
    02:35
    Forrester High's 2048 Predictions
  20. How to Draw Eric Dynamite
    08:33
    How to Draw Eric Dynamite
  21. Boogie Woogie Buggy
    01:41
    Boogie Woogie Buggy
  22. Cat Hepburn – poetry reading
    03:40
    Cat Hepburn – poetry reading
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