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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. Being Children’s Laureate
    05:08
    Being Children’s Laureate
  14. The story rollercoaster
    00:58
    The story rollercoaster
  15. Discovering New Words
    03:16
    Discovering New Words
  16. There's Broccoli in my Ice Cream! - Part 2
    04:25
    There's Broccoli in my Ice Cream! - Part 2
  17. Manjeet’s writing process
    07:37
    Manjeet’s writing process
  18. Gill reads from Willow Wildthing and the Dragon's Egg
    05:44
    Gill reads from Willow Wildthing and the Dragon's Egg
  19. Writing the Twitchers
    05:00
    Writing the Twitchers
  20. Whuppity Stoorie by Lari Don
    16:05
    Whuppity Stoorie by Lari Don
  21. What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
    03:02
    What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
  22. Writing Fiction
    01:29
    Writing Fiction
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