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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 life of Matthew Henson
    08:12
    The life of Matthew Henson
  14. Start with a face
    02:25
    Start with a face
  15. Introducing The Black Flamingo
    00:27
    Introducing The Black Flamingo
  16. Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
    04:28
    Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
  17. Becoming an Author
    00:58
    Becoming an Author
  18. A novel in verse
    01:02
    A novel in verse
  19. How Does Your Own Personal Experience Shape Your Writing?
    02:32
    How Does Your Own Personal Experience Shape Your Writing?
  20. How to Draw Granville's Body
    07:54
    How to Draw Granville's Body
  21. Prez
    01:14
    Prez
  22. Manjeet’s writing process
    07:37
    Manjeet’s writing process
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