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10 Steps for Working with a Professional Ghostwriter


A professional ghostwriter will guide you through the steps of how to create a book, so that you don't have to. The key steps involve: planning, execution and completion. Your job is to make decisions and communicate your vision and material to the ghostwriter. The ghostwriter for hire will write it.

1. Determine the project purpose

  • Expand your (the author's) platform?

  • Launch your speaking career?

  • Create new revenue streams?

  • Reach national audience?

  • Share experience and knowledge?

  • Leave a legacy?

  • Sell book proposal to a literary agent or publisher?

2. Determine your target audience

  • Corporations?

  • Workshop and event participants?

  • Mass consumer?

  • Industry?

  • Literary agent?

  • Book publisher?

3. Determine range of products

  • Book proposal?

  • Books?

  • Ebooks?

  • Workbooks?

  • Web content?

  • Other?

4. Determine timelines for project

  • When is first product targeted to launch?

  • When will future products be targeted to launch?

  • What is the your availability?

5. Assess existing material

  • Speech recordings?

  • Video recordings?

  • Journals?

  • Articles?

6. Choose best style of working

  • You (the author) write alone, then have the ghostwriter organize and edit the material?

  • Speak into a digital recorder, then have the ghostwriter transcribe and edit it?

  • Do interviews with the ghostwriter, either live or via phone?

  • Combination of the above?

7. Create agreements

  • Author (you) and ghostwriter sign work agreement based on above answers

  • Author and ghostwriter agree to production schedule

8. Collect material

  • Writer compiles existing material from author

  • Author starts writing, or writer starts interviewing author

9. Write and revise

  • Writer creates first draft, asks more questions

  • Author reviews first draft, answers questions and suggests changes

  • Writer and Author go back and forth until both are satisfied

  • Writer works with designer or printer for layout requirements

  • Writer does polished editing and proofreading

10. Final copy

  • Author signs off on the content

  • Writer does final proofreading

  • Writer sends final copy to designer, printer or literary agent




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