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Scrawl by mark shulman6/26/2023 That’s something that real writers did, not me. I never thought I could (or would) write a novel. It’s not the first mistake that defines us, it’s the second. Will he take the clues and switch paths? Could I make a difference to a teenager on a similar trajectory? Perhaps some day this book can give someone hope. Tod doesn’t think he has any choice but to be defined by his hard-luck neighborhood. Unfortunately, a few of mine were photographed. For me, being a teenager was also about trying on roles. He’s also at the threshold between acting like a bad guy and being one. SCRAWL is the story of a boy who’s in serious trouble. So, to finally answer your question, I realized that I have so many memories of my teenage self, and my thought processes, that I could perhaps possibly write a novel from that point of view. Probably more than at any other age, who I am was defined by those few years of my life. It was my most volatile period, ripe with incredible highs and lows. For me, the teen years shared the prefix terri: terrific and terrible. I suppose the easy answer is that, like most men, I’m still a teenager at heart. What made you want to write for this age group? SCRAWL (Roaring Brook, 2010) is your first foray into young adult fiction. So, without any more ado, I give you Mark Shulman… Maybe I’ll come up with some authorly questions, or something of the sort. Okay, so this is my first interview in a great while, but I think it might be interesting for people to see an author interviewed by another author.
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