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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 The Undefeated
    03:32
    Reading The Undefeated
  14. Inspirations and Escaped Terrapin
    08:22
    Inspirations and Escaped Terrapin
  15. Steven Lenton's illustrations
    00:35
    Steven Lenton's illustrations
  16. Wizards of Once reading
    04:24
    Wizards of Once reading
  17. What is the Nowhere Emporium?
    00:45
    What is the Nowhere Emporium?
  18. Health and Medicine
    04:36
    Health and Medicine
  19. A question from Twitter
    01:07
    A question from Twitter
  20. The origins of 'Lads'
    06:09
    The origins of 'Lads'
  21. Questions from schools
    07:16
    Questions from schools
  22. Twitch reading
    05:36
    Twitch reading
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