Definitive Proof That Even Your Favorite Writers Once Sucked

    Started from the bottom now we Gone Girl.

    The following piece by Gillian Flynn is an excerpt from Drivel: Deliciously Bad Writing by Your Favorite Authors, "a collection of wordy, overwrought, insipid writing by America's most beloved authors."

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    Gillian Flynn is the author of Sharp Objects, Dark Places, and Gone Girl. She lives in Chicago with her husband, son, and a giant black cat named Roy.

    To learn more about Drivel: Deliciously Bad Writing by Your Favorite Authors, click here.