GONE GIRL: Imma tell the story to add some levity to writing community. Might get me kicked outta Hollywood for telling the TRUTH.

DUDE... book was #1 NYTimes for 26 weeks when we went out with it.

Easy sale right? NO! First offer was too low but... /1

Lots of pressure from outside forces (follow?) to take bad deal. Which is why I’ll NEVER trust Hollywood. That’s the real shit even upper level writers don’t GET that’s happening behind closed doors.

My strategy was to go for broke meaning REAL price. Which for me was 1mil+. /2

Had exactly 1 (ONE!) offer at 8am. I HARD PASSED! Fuck a shitty offer (I won’t say what it was). I knew this was a chance of a lifetime to make a HIGE deal, wasnt gonna back off that in order to make others (BIGS) happy. WE’RE GOING ALL IN! PERIOD! Client not getting fucked /2

It was the type of project where the entire town KNOWS it’s going out BEFORE it goes. Anticipated. All studios already knew what their offers would be.

We got ZERO new offers after the first low ball. Biggest book in the world. I said “let’s not panic. We’ll GET the number.”

/3

PRESSURE from HUGE players to take the bad deal. NOPE! We stand strong and wait.

1-2-3-4pm. ZERO new offers on the biggest book in the world.

My ex: FUCK! We fucked up!

Me: No we didn’t. Someone’s gonna come with REAL number. Let’s not panic!

Like we WON.

But also the moment I FO REALZIES GOT how fucking hard it is to make a deal for that type of money.

However, would she take the deal? We had 15 minutes to tray to MAKE the deal.

Even AFTER the offer it was will she TAKE IT?

THE BIGGEST POINT IS: I didn’t give away the most fucked up parts of the story in order to protect people.

That’s how fucked up Hollywood is. Meanwhile, everyone could just be COOL.

100% truth would get me blackballed for sure.

Sorry for the bad structure on this thread. My chick was talking to me while typing. It was supposed to make sense.