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October 31, 2011

Ghostwriting project

Ghostwriter anonymousLast week I took on another ghostwriting project. I am looking forward to it greatly.

For this book I plan to chart the progress of a ghostwriting commission from start to finish to give readers an idea of how a ghostwriter works - at least in Lancashire, UK anyway.

My client (and future author) has given me about 20,000 words of notes to read. There is a mixture of anecdotes, memories and bare facts to sift through so I should be well prepared for our first interview in a couple of weeks' time.

I have a few ideas about which angle the ghostwritten book might take but that won't become clear until I can tease out the client's goal for the book. Why is she writing the book? Why now? Who is it for? Who is likely to be interested in it?

Seems a good time to delve into the world of ghostwriters, what with the new movie Anonymous questioning the authorship of all that drama and poetry purportedly by yer man, W. Shakespeare.

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