by Amanda on December 17, 2008
There are some things that can be deadly when you are working as a ghostwriter. These sins as I like to refer to them, will harm your business and your possible future business. Read them carefully and be sure you don’t commit them.
7 Things You Must Never Do On Ghostwriting jobs
1. Plagiarising someone else’s work or infringing on copyright can ruin your career as a ghostwriter and may also land your client in a lot of trouble. When doing research remember facts are facts and it’s not repeating the fact but how you repeat it. Always use your own words.
2. Failure to meet deadlines is another. The client has deadlines to meet too, and if you say you can produce the work by a certain time make sure you do.
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by Amanda on December 15, 2008
There are so many different reasons that you can choose to start Ghostwriting so listed below I have stated the 5 most obvious ones.
1. Ghostwriting Means No more 9 – 5 and spending hours stuck in traffic
You can sit in front of your computer at 5am and start working, or if you are a night owl you can write from midnight into the early hours of the morning. Being in the comfort of your home you can dress how you like, tracksuit, shorts and t-shirt or you could even just stay in your pyjamas. It really is up to you. You control when you work and how you work.
This is probably one of the most obvious reasons and it can relate to any work from home business. You choose your hours and being out of the 9 to 5 traffic rush can be very important especially if you have small children at home.
2. Ghostwriting Means More time with the Family
This is really important to me especially because I have two small children. I worked 9 to 5 when my daughter was small and even though she was cared for by family I still missed out on a lot. When my second child was born I had already made the decision to work from home and I had begun ghostwriting too. It really has made such a difference to my life. When you choose to ghostwriter you can choose how much or how little ghostwriting work you take on. This means that you have more time with your children, your wife, your partner, or just you time. You can do what you want when you want. You write around the things you need to do.
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by Amanda on December 9, 2008
What is Ghostwriting? No, you are not leaving spooky messages on a mirror fogged up by the steam from the shower.
Very simply, Ghost writing is writing content that someone else puts their name to. This can be in the form of letters, articles, advertising material or e-books. Some people ghost write entire novels for others and this is particularly common in celebrity autobiographies. I’m sure you didn’t think that celebrities actually sat down and wrote the books themselves now did you?
There are so many people out there who have ideas for things they want to write but for many they simply don’t have the time or the patience needed to do it. Website owners are perfect examples. These people need quality content for their websites, and if they plan on selling an e-book they need ghostwriters to complete this work for them.
What does it take to be a ghostwriter?
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