in a book. I don't tend to get writer's block; I tend to get "writer's dreck" where I just write crap. But in any case, the only way out is to find out what the problem is with the characters. A block means that there's something false about the characters -- and it must be excised. Craig is not a perfect character, and he's not perfectly tolerant. He was born in Brooklyn in 1991 and I worked hard to make his thoughts and speech reflect that. He says a number of things that are offensive -- but a self-censoring Craig would not be able to carry the story. If you'd like to see a cleaned-up version of his end-of-book monologue, you can watch the the end It's Kind of a Funny Story film , where "gay" is replaced with "lame."