How much of Its Kind of a Funny Story is true?
85% of It’s Kind of a Funny Story is true. I based it on my own experience in Methodist Hospital in Park Slope, Brooklyn in late 2004. I was hospitalized for suicidal ideation like Craig in the book. Once I left the hospital, I started writing about it, but I fictionalized some important elements. Here is what I did: • I changed the names of the characters. • I changed the age of Craig, who is 15 when he goes into the hospital (as opposed to my age at the time, 23). • I added the love triangle.
