How to Become a Ghostwriter (The Beginner’s Guide)

Do you know who is a GHOSTWRITER?

A ghostwriter is one who writes for other people but does not take the credit for his writing. 

Usually there is some confidential bond between the ghostwriter and the one who hires him/her, and it’s totally on the writer to acknowledge it or not.

Types of Ghostwriters

Ghostwriters are hired for various reasons.

In many cases, people don’t have time and skills to write themselves. They don’t even want to research the topic in-depth. So, they hire ghostwriters for the purpose. 

Based on the type of writing one does, ghostwriters are of numerous types:

• Book ghostwriters
• Public leaders and politicians hire ghostwriters to write their speech for addressing a large crowd
• Singers may hire ghostwriters to write their lyrics
• A professor may hire professional ghostwriters for writing research papers

Reading all this description and looking over the success rate of ghostwriters, one will usually think: How to become a ghostwriter.  

So here is this blog, I am going to describe how to become a ghostwriter for beginners. Let’s dive in!

How to become a ghostwriter ?

Kick off with the first step!

Start your own blog   

It is always good to write your own blog if you want to write for someone. 

Start your own blog and start writing about the things you know. There are really some great tutorials on YouTube for starting your blog from scratch. 

Some online blogging sites let you write your blog for free viz Blogspot,Yolasite, and WordPress. 

Doing so can also give you some handy income if you learn about how to make money from online ads.                       

Start consuming content and learn about niche writing 

 “For writing good content you have to read something good ” .        

Always try to spend your time reading blogs, ebooks, whitepapers, attending webinars,watching videos etc. 

If you want to be a ghostwriter, you should start managing some time for reading. 

The content you read should be well defined and to the point. 

If you wanna be a ghostwriter for a particular topic or wanna write for some experts, you should focus on niche writing. 

Niche writing is something where a writer focuses on a particular subject to write his content.

Read: How to Choose your Niche as a Freelance Writer

Do internship under the expert of a writing domain

If you want to make a career in ghostwriting and earn a lot of money, then you should work for it.

You should go to the experts in this domain and do some internships. It’s always a good thing to learn from experts. You should care more about the skills rather than incentives. 

Do some projects under them and stick it to your social media profile.

For internships at Writerena, get in touch with me at contact@writerena.com

Make a strong portfolio

It is the must thing you do. Make your portfolio strong and catchy and distribute it among your friends,customers, and clients. Make sure to mention all your projects and their credits.

Read: Best Free Sites to Make your Writer’s Portfolio

Find the people and organizations who want your help. Work free if they are not capable of paying the fee. 

Believe me! It will teach you a lot and give you more than money. Ask them for the feedback on your work and recommendations.

Develop your customer support skill 

If you want to grow as a ghostwriter, then this is the most crucial thing to do.

You should continuously take the feedback on your work and if the feedback is negative, you should never ignore. 

You have to try your best to support your customer. Be always there for them, otherwise, it will make a wrong impact on them.

Don’t crave for the credits 

“A ghostwriter never asks for the credit of his work; he only takes his fees for the work.”

If you want the credits, then you can’t be a ghostwriter, as it’s totally on the client whether he wants to mention your name or not. 

Some are there who officially declare their ghostwriter. However, that’s an internal bond between the writer and the client.

Conclusion

All the points mentioned are important for becoming a Ghostwriter. But the most important of all is to write good content. 

A good ghostwriter should always focus on the quality of the content he is giving to his client. He should do all that which makes his writing skills finer. 

So, what’s more you wish to know about ghostwriting?

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