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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. The main characters
    03:46
    The main characters
  14. Reading from The Boy Who Made Monsters
    03:08
    Reading from The Boy Who Made Monsters
  15. Introducing The Black Flamingo
    00:27
    Introducing The Black Flamingo
  16. Rewilding and creating a space for nature
    09:01
    Rewilding and creating a space for nature
  17. A question about Charlie and Lola
    01:44
    A question about Charlie and Lola
  18. Question time
    04:36
    Question time
  19. Characters
    01:58
    Characters
  20. Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
    02:52
    Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
  21. How to Draw Eric Dynamite
    08:33
    How to Draw Eric Dynamite
  22. Introducing us to new historical figures
    02:35
    Introducing us to new historical figures
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