Ghostwriting
1st Edition
Published on 1. January 2009
160 pages
978-1-4081-0341-8 (ISBN)
Description
Ghostwriting is a thriving, secretive industry. As a ghostwriter you can create best-selling books for film stars, footballers, pop singers, presidents, business tycoons, gangsters, gurus, spies, mercenaries, courtesans, four-star generals, royals and anyone else with an interesting story to tell. This book reveals all the essential secrets of how to turn ghostwriting into a successful and lucrative career.
Andrew Crofts has ghosted more than forty books, many of them international bestsellers, including Sold by Zana Muhsen (nearly 4 million copies sold), The Kid by Kevin Lewis, Heroine of the Desert by Donya Al-Nahi, Kathy and Me by Gillian Taylforth and Crocodile Shoes by Jimmy Nail.
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Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
N/A
ISBN-13
978-1-4081-0341-8 (9781408103418)
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Andrew Crofts
Ghostwriting
Book
03/2004
A & C Black Publishers Ltd
€47.22
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Person
Andrew Crofts is Britain's leading ghostwriter. He has published over fifty books, several of which have become international best sellers.
Content
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- 1 Why Become a ghostwriter?
- 2. Why Not to Become a ghostwriter
- 3 Why People Use Ghosts?
- 4 How to get Started
- 5 Who Pays the Ghost?
- 6 Contracts - Do You Need Them?
- 7 Do you Need a Literary Agent?
- 8 The All-Important Synopsis
- 9 Getting the job Done
- 10 Ghosting Fiction
- 11 The Necessary Skills
- 12 Helping Authors Self-Publish
- 13 Summing up - the Happy Ending
