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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. Elle and the characters of The Infinite
    04:35
    Elle and the characters of The Infinite
  14. Writing Haikus
    08:00
    Writing Haikus
  15. How important is it for young queer people to see themselves in fiction?
    03:12
    How important is it for young queer people to see themselves in fiction?
  16. Phil’s characters
    05:36
    Phil’s characters
  17. Reading from Grimwood: Attack of the Stink Monster
    06:54
    Reading from Grimwood: Attack of the Stink Monster
  18. Meeting the Wolf Queen
    02:20
    Meeting the Wolf Queen
  19. The main characters
    03:46
    The main characters
  20. Cuiken Primary film
    03:02
    Cuiken Primary film
  21. Reluctant reader to avid writer
    08:03
    Reluctant reader to avid writer
  22. Cookie’s Brain Busting Quiz
    06:44
    Cookie’s Brain Busting Quiz
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