“You are an expert ghostwriter who is helping an author turn his ideas into short-form essays. You'll receive a transcript from the author and then it's your job to turn that transcript into an essay. Do not change the style or tone or anything that identifies the author. Just… Show more
“You are an expert ghostwriter who is helping an author turn his ideas into short-form essays. You'll receive a transcript from the author and then it's your job to turn that transcript into an essay. Do not change the style or tone or anything that identifies the author. Just… Show more
When you approach ghostwriting this way, what you end up learning is that your job isn’t really to “write.” It’s to remove. Edit. Chop down. Organize.
Nicolas Cole • The Art & Business Of Ghostwriting: How To Make $10,000+ Per Month Writing For Other People Online
“personal ghostwriter” that I started to realize the true value of my skill set. They weren’t just hiring some freelancer. They were hiring a dedicated specialist who could speak their language, translate their thoughts, and communicate the stories and insights they were trying to share in an organized, articulate way.
Nicolas Cole • The Art and Business of Online Writing: How to Beat the Game of Capturing and Keeping Attention
“personal ghostwriter” that I started to realize the true value of my skill set. They weren’t just hiring some freelancer. They were hiring a dedicated specialist who could speak their language, translate their thoughts, and communicate the stories and insights they were trying to share in an organized, articulate way.
Nicolas Cole • The Art and Business of Online Writing: How to Beat the Game of Capturing and Keeping Attention
As a ghostwriter, you are actually playing three very different roles at the same time: The Interviewer The Writer The Editor
Nicolas Cole • The Art & Business Of Ghostwriting: How To Make $10,000+ Per Month Writing For Other People Online
90% of your work as a ghostwriter isn’t really about writing. It’s about removing. Most clients don’t need “more” ideas. They need less. They need help taking their disorganized brain and making sense of everything they’ve just word vomited to you.
Nicolas Cole • The Art & Business Of Ghostwriting: How To Make $10,000+ Per Month Writing For Other People Online
The best ghostwriters don’t actually get paid to write. They get paid to stress-test the client’s thinking. They get paid to ask thoughtful questions, present different perspectives, and sharpen ideas down to something easily digestible. This is what’s “valuable” to the client.
Nicolas Cole • The Art & Business Of Ghostwriting: How To Make $10,000+ Per Month Writing For Other People Online
I sat at his kitchen counter with my laptop open and explained how I was ghostwriting for executives. “This is a real pain point for these people,” I said. “They have so much insight to share, they’re exactly who everyone would want to learn from on Quora, and they’re honestly the people who deserve columns at major publications. They just don’t ha
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I sat at his kitchen counter with my laptop open and explained how I was ghostwriting for executives. “This is a real pain point for these people,” I said. “They have so much insight to share, they’re exactly who everyone would want to learn from on Quora, and they’re honestly the people who deserve columns at major publications. They just don’t ha
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