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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. Ideas and inspirational teachers
    05:32
    Ideas and inspirational teachers
  14. Keeping Up With Michael
    01:39
    Keeping Up With Michael
  15. Cracking questions
    02:08
    Cracking questions
  16. Going around gardens!
    03:12
    Going around gardens!
  17. Discovering New Words
    03:16
    Discovering New Words
  18. The Great Storm Whale reading
    06:27
    The Great Storm Whale reading
  19. Questions from the audience
    05:40
    Questions from the audience
  20. How did you plan the structure of the novel?
    02:38
    How did you plan the structure of the novel?
  21. No Breathing in Class
    04:08
    No Breathing in Class
  22. Weather and climate
    00:56
    Weather and climate
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