I really want to become a ghostwriter -- any suggestions?

Answer 1

As an experienced ghostwriter, I can tell you for a fact that it is a difficult profession to break into. I started out writing for a real estate speaker who needed training books to hand out to his audience. That went very well and was quite lucrative for a while.

I then branched out into ghostwriting nonfiction books, which also went well, but finding new clients became a game of cat and mouse. People wanted you to do their books, but didn't want to pay for them (or pay what was fair) for the work once it was complete. I still have a couple on disk that I never got paid for, and that's a LOT of work down the drain.

Fortunately, there are sites now that broker editing work, proofreading assignments and other types of freelance writing gigs. You need to do a search for that and then email some of the registered freelancers on the site to see if/when they get paid for their work. Some websites WILL rip you off, so be careful.

Also, if you really intend to BE a ghostwriter, you must above all else be an expert speller and grammarian. There is no wiggle room for errors. There is no excuse for English not being your first language, either. In short, there are NO excuses for typos or misused words like "it's" and "its" or "affect" and "effect". You cannot rely on spell checkers or even Word functions that check your grammar. They will NOT catch those kinds of errors.

Okay, lecture over. Good luck finding work. It's tough, but it sure beats working in an office or digging ditches.

Jon F. Baxley (Author, Editor, Ghostwriter and Proofreader)
THE SCYTHIAN STONE
THE BLACKGLOOM BOUNTY

(For a FREE copy of The Scythian Stone or a full color, four chapter illustrated demo of The Blackgloom Bounty, email me at [e-mail]).

Answer 2

when you were 10 years old, you had a dream in your sleep in delta, IN YOUR LOWER CEREBELLUM, THE LOWER BACK OF YOUR BRAIN
In the dream , you went into your future. At 26, you decide you want to write about ghost. The truth is dat in your dream you dreamt about writting and living with ghosts. the dream is a shadow that has been lingering until manifested in your body. When you actually live in real life the dream, you have a shadow following you, a thought of long ago, behind everystep you take
Lapis Lazuli

Answer 3

Murder sum1, and wait for their ghost to appear!