The Pigman
I think most writers really want to solve something about their own lives. I think The Pigman represented a problem solving for me in that I took two kids who had no sense of responsibility toward an adult community, who had a cynical view of life. One of the kids in particular was one who I knew from real life who used to drink and smoke and curse and do all sorts of wild and crazy things, which meant he was good for an action adventure. But I felt that this character should come to terms with some responsibility about his own life. So, as a writer, I thought like that character, John Conlan, and his partner Lorraine Jensen. And I assigned them the problem which I wanted to solve for myself: How was I going to find responsibility in the world? That's one of the reasons why I think The Pigman probably is successful now, because it triggers discussions with kids about problems that are very important to them. I think
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Approximate Word count = 1535
Approximate Pages = 6 (250 words per page double spaced)
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