A question that I often get asked is, “what is ghostwriting?” You really would be surprised at the amount of people who actually think that I spend my days writing about ghosts.
According to the dictionary, a ghost writer is:
–noun
a person who writes one or numerous speeches, books, articles, etc., for another person who is named as or presumed to be the author.
Most people assume that ghost writers only write novels and biographies for celebrities but this is not the case. The ghostwriting industry has really developed and this is partly due to the internet. Ghost writers today do a lot more than write novels although I must admit; this is still where the big money is to be made.
There are often times when ghostwriting and freelance writing overlap. This is especially true when it comes to writing for the internet. In fact most of the freelance writing jobs that are advertised are in fact ghostwriting jobs. Your clients want you to write articles, website content, sales pages, ebooks or more and they want you to hand over the copyright for this on receipt of payment. You are not getting any credit for this work and therefore it really should be classified as ghostwriting.
Ghostwriting really is just writing for someone else and not taking any credit for the work. You hand over all rights to this work once you receive payment and it becomes the property of the person who has paid you. They can do whatever they want with it and they can pass it off as their own.
If you are thinking of becoming a ghost writer then it is essential to understand that when looking for ghostwriting jobs online it is important to also search for freelance writing jobs. If you use bidding websites such as Elance, all the jobs posted are ghostwriting jobs even though they might not be advertised as such.
There are a number of different ghostwriting services that you can offer and I will cover these in a later post. For today I really just wanted to explain exactly what ghostwriting is.
Until next time,
Keep Writing
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