Will Grayson 1's chapters are told with proper punctuation and capitalization, whereas Will Grayson 2's chapters are filled with more vulgarity, though Will Grayson 1 is just as vulgar and crude as Will Grayson 2 is. As the story progresses, the perspectives do, however, blend together into one clear and cohesive storyline, rather than two separate plot lines, within the same high school story, told by two different characters.Īt the beginning of the story, it is clear to distinguish between two completely different voices between the chapters the reader is able to decipher when Will Grayson 1 is taking center stage. Though there are two separate characters speaking, the story remains the same from start to finish. When reading the even-numbered chapters, the reader sees high school through the eyes of a depressed, gay teenage boy, Will Grayson 2. When reading the odd-numbered chapters, the reader sees high school through the eyes of a heterosexual teenage boy, Will Grayson 1, who mostly believes in shutting up. The story is told from two different perspectives, through both Will Grayson 1 and Will Grayson 2. ( April 2023) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Please clean it up to conform to a higher standard of quality, and to make it neutral in tone. This section may be written from a fan's point of view, rather than a neutral point of view. After sharing, they then 'knew immediately it was going to work', as stated by Levithan. After this decision, they separately wrote the first chapter for their half and then shared them with each other. The only plot they decided on together was the fact that the two characters would meet at some point in the novel and that their meeting would have a tremendous effect on their lives. This also held true for the main characters' names, with Levithan choosing the given name and Green the surname. John Green wrote all the odd-numbered chapters (capitalized Will Grayson) while David Levithan wrote all the even-numbered chapters (lower case will grayson).

In designing the plot for the book, the two authors decided to split it evenly in half. It was the first LGBT-themed young adult novel to make it to that list. The novel debuted on The New York Times children's best-seller list after its release and remained there for three weeks. One boy is referred to with a capitalized letter at the start of his name, while the other is referred to in all lower case letters.

The book's narrative is divided evenly between two boys named Will Grayson, with Green having written all of the chapters for one and Levithan having written the chapters for the other, presented in an alternating chapter fashion. Will Grayson, Will Grayson is a novel by John Green and David Levithan, published in April 2010 by Dutton Juvenile.

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