A wimp is born greg heffley was created in Januwary 1998 in a small apartment in massachusetts there wasnt much to him really he was just a little pencil doddle in a cheap skeatch pad one mounth later zachary gordon was born on the other side of the country in california at that moment greg and zach didnt really haveva whole lot in common but eleven year come two would come together when zach was choosen to play the part gerg in the live action dairy of wimpy kid movie diary the book is the story of how a little idea got turned into major motion picture and how a fictional cartoon character became a real boy