Commissioning a ghost writer can be daunting. Ghostwriting is a meaningful way of setting your story down in print and can be particularly valuable if you are working with a family archive of letters or diaries and you have no experience of writing yourself.
Ghostwriting (or ghost writing) is very similar to working with an experienced editor. The purpose of a ghost writer is to help you tell your story and the depth of the writer’s involvement can vary from project to project. If you have a rough draft but need a writer to help you bring it to completion, an experienced ghost writer can really help. Or perhaps you have a family archive that you know tells a fabulous story but you have no idea how to get started. Sometimes the ghost writer will be an invisible partner and sometimes their name will appear on the cover – it very much depends on the individual project and your wishes.
Our main editor Lorna occasionally undertakes ghostwriting projects. These usually involve historical research to build a biography around the treasured documents within your family archive. Editing and expanding on diary entries and letters to produce a meaningful biography of a deceased family member is a speciality.
What is involved in a ghostwriting project?
The first step will be to discuss the form the book will take and what materials you are able to provide.
Lorna is an experienced author and editor, and a member of the Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading. She is also the founder of Crumps Barn Studio.
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Deciding to work with a ghost writer can be challenging, particularly if you can’t find one through a personal recommendation. One of the benefits of having a publisher who represents your work is that ghostwriting can form an integral part of the publishing process.
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