Neal Shusterman
Neal Shusterman
Neal Shustermanis an American writer of young-adult fiction. He won the National Book Award for Young People's Literature for Challenger Deep...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionYoung Adult Author
Date of Birth12 November 1962
CityBrooklyn, NY
CountryUnited States of America
characters directions discover happen ideas originally plot thinking time trick twists
Before I start, I trick myself into thinking I know what's going to happen in the story, but the characters have ideas of their own, and I always go with the character's choices. Most of the time I discover plot twists and directions that are better than what I originally had planned.
although asked became calling divide editor felt sequel took trilogy
I thought 'UnSouled' would come in at around 400 pages, but it took 650 pages, and even then I felt like I was rushing the conclusion, so I asked my editor and publisher if I could divide it again. So a sequel became a trilogy, and the trilogy became a tetralogy - although we're not calling it that.
chapter colors computer divides last manuscript text turn
I have a color-coded computer spreadsheet that divides things down to chapter fragments. Each character's point-of-view is a different color. The text of the manuscript is color-coded the same way. The last thing I do before submitting the manuscript is turn all those colors back to black.
misunderstood affliction three
Mental illness is by far the most misunderstood, and stigmatized, of all afflictions. Statistically, one in three families in the U.S. deals with mental illness, and yet it's rarely discussed in the open. It's time for that to change.
ships firsts captains
the captain is supposed to go down with the ship" . "unless the first mate knocks him out and throws him in a lifeboat
vectors movement states
Happiness is not a state of being. Happiness is a vector, it is movement.
princess sleep heart
The eternally sleeping princess, thinks Cam. But I shall free you from those poisoned brambles that surround your heart. And then you will have no choice but to love me.
better-person persons
You don’t just go to somebody and say, ‘I’m a better person because you’re in my head.
life perspective
Try to see things differently - It's the only way to get a clearer perspective on the world and on your life.
love music seems time
I love writing music, but it seems I'm always writing words, so I don't get much time to do it.
characters checked following life post saw surreal
I post on Twitter regularly, and when I checked my followers, I saw that my own characters were following me. They sounded eerily like my characters would actually sound. It was a very surreal thing to see come to life digitally!