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What is Ghost writing

Discussion in 'Copywriting' started by bk871, Jul 16, 2010.

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  1. #1
    What exactly is a ghostwriter? Sorry if it's a stupid question :)
     
    bk871, Jul 16, 2010 IP
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    heartnet02 Notable Member

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    You just write article related to my niche but i wont pay you for that but you can put your website's url in the article.Equal trade. My site is pr2 so it will help your site
     
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    sarahk iTamer Staff

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    Its writing on behalf of someone else.

    There's a pretty famous case of a guy called Phil Jones who has sold books "he has written" on how to get rich with property investment. Only problem is that the freelance sites have plenty of evidence that he hired ghost writers to do it for him. They get paid, but get no credit.
     
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  4. birja

    birja Peon

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    Hmm, i think that is normal situation for today..
     
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    Jasonb Well-Known Member

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    It is were a ghost writes for you ;) in 'ghostly ink'

    ... No its where someone else writes the article but.. You pretend its you who has written in, a lot of the celebrity's autobiography were written by ghost-writers as they cant spell or read....
     
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    She said it! And she's right! And if you are a ghost writer, you will never have any rights
    to get back your articles that you wrote.

    And it's not a stupid question anyway. At least you are open to learn
    new things everyday.

    Good luck! ;)
     
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    bk871 Well-Known Member

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    Thanks everyone :p
     
    bk871, Jul 17, 2010 IP
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    #8
    it is actual very simple


    fair to decent writer = freelancer

    Top 5% of professional writers, doing writer for a client = ghostwriter
    The ghostwriter relinquishes all rights and the work is credited to the purchaser
    Often a ghostwriter will make $100,000+ per year, also may do newsletters, blogs, ebooks, press releases, and more.

    Top 1% = $200,000 year+
     
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  9. Perry Rose

    Perry Rose Peon

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  10. bk871

    bk871 Well-Known Member

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    Perry, I never actually started this thread. I replied to a thread in the B/S/T asking what it was, and I assume a moderator split it up and created a new thread for this here.

    Rather than creating a thread, I would have Googled it, but since someone had a thread started already related to the topic, I simply asked there, and my question got moved. :)
     
    bk871, Jul 17, 2010 IP
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    Andrey007 Active Member

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    Those are some really good numbers, I have to say.

    How can one find a ghostwriting position, anyway?
     
    Andrey007, Jul 17, 2010 IP
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    atreides Peon

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    that they are.
    click the sig and learn directly under him
     
    atreides, Jul 18, 2010 IP
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    AlcVitRes Well-Known Member

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    #13
    Top 1% makes $250,000 per 1 book :cool: At least it's so
    in a new The Ghost Writer (2010) movie I just saw, hehe.
    The question is: what contacts & level of skills is needed.
     
    AlcVitRes, Jul 19, 2010 IP
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    20 Ghost Writing Jobs

    You're welcome :)
     
    Kraven2, Jul 19, 2010 IP
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    yo, use wikipedia, it has an extensive explanation on what ghost writing is
     
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    #16
    You should Google "famous books written by ghost writers". You'd be quite surprised :)
     
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    iNET SEO Active Member

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    I do quite a lot of ghost writing for clients. There have been a number of e-books, web content, articles, etc. Never written a complete book as yet though, but not really gone looking for that but also as I am still in the process of building my new site, I haven't yet completed that section - I think I shall be doing that today :)

    It is good money but you do need to have outstanding writing abilities to be taken seriously.
     
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    "It is good money but you do need to have outstanding writing abilities to be taken seriously. "
    Only for books or syndicated columns mate.

    In general, ghostwriting are what the majority of 'writers' are doing in the BST section - writing bulk $1-$3 dollars articles w/o copyright or author acknowledgement.
     
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    iNET SEO Active Member

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    That is a loose definition of ghost writing, but yes, you are correct :)

    I think that when people refer to "Ghost Writers" then they refer to those individuals who are able to author entire books or other articles for publication, who have a command of the English language that far surpasses most others and who can research for the likes of biographies, etc.
     
    iNET SEO, Jul 20, 2010 IP
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    Valid point.
    Would you consider me one then, since I wrote a 4,000 word bio on Castro not two weeks ago?:D:D
     
    atreides, Jul 20, 2010 IP
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