Jessica Knoll,New York Times-bestselling author, may seem intimidating.
But really, shes one of us.
By which we mean shes obsessed with reality television.
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But spoiler alert:Goal Diggersdoesnt live up to that promise.
You see, Brett is dead and no, thats not a spoiler.
Its not the real story, but its the version thatGoal Diggershas convinced her the audience needs to hear.
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Their friendship was so great, but when it unraveled it was devastating.
I just thought it was so rich and there was so much to explore there.
It seemed to lend itself to a book about female friendships really well, she continues.
But getting insiders to spill their tricks of the trade was no easy feat.
It was impossible, laughs Knoll.
I even tried to interview some former reality stars but no one wanted to talk.
and a friend of hers who serves as an editor for an undisclosed E!
I wanted to shadow on a day of shooting but its such a closed-off world, she explains.
Everyone told me that they rarely let additional people on set because it disrupts the feeling of reality.
It takes people out of the moment.
And, in a nutshell, its all (mostly) true.
Knoll infused the tome with all the bizarre tactics that producers use to facilitate storylines in real life.
Its necessary for the sake of continuity.
Like Brett, youll have to pry it out of their cold, dead hands.
