Tuesday, August 3, 2010

The Savvy Ghostwriter

Ghostwriting is hard work—very hard work—for both the author and the ghostwriter. It's like an arranged marriage of strangers. The difference is only that the partners make the arrangements, themselves, based on the answers to some tough questions. For example, a potential author may ask questions like these:
  1. I want this book to sound like I wrote it? How can you do that?
  2. Where are you going to get the content?
  3. How you going to get inside my head and become me?
  4. What do you charge?
  5. How long will this take?
  6. Do you expect your name to be on the cover?
But it's the questions ghostwriters ask that reveal the most important information.
  1. What is your book about?
  2. Who is your target audience?
  3. What do you hope to achieve with this book?
  4. What kind of relationship do you envision with the ghostwriter?
  5. Where is the information to come from? How will I access it?
  6. Do you understand the differences among royalties, work for hire, and hourly rate?
There are four sets of questions ghostwriters ask:
  1. about the book
  2. about the process
  3. about the client
  4. about payment.

For ALL the questions a ghostwriter must ask, get your free copy of The Savvy Ghostwriter. The first ten people who e-mail me at bobbi@words-to-live-by.com with "The Savvy Ghostwriter" in the subject line, will receive this new eBook ... FREE.

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