I get asked that question a lot. For many people, the thought of writing a book is an onerous, time-consuming task. Where do you start? How do you get from Point A to Point B in a way that makes a reader want to reach the end?

Those types of concerns are what often keeps people from writing a book. Sure, it’s easy enough to come up with ideas. After all, you’ve got a lot of knowledge about a lot of different things. You’ve got plenty of  life experiences and many stories to share. But when it comes time to putting them all down on paper (or into a Word document), the ideas don’t flow so well.

That’s when you need a ghost writer. It’s easier for someone on the outside to take a critical look at your project and identify how to make your story exciting, how to make it stretch from the beginning to a logical ending.

The Ghost Writing Process

After writing some 13 books, I’ve got my own formula (and it’s actually easier to write someone else’s book than my own, because I get distracted by all sorts of new ideas!). It’s not the same as what other writers use, but it works for me. These are the essential components to writing someone else’s book:

1. The big picture – I ask you to share the purpose of your book, its main points and the tone/style you want to convey.
2. Interviews – learning your history and experiences and finding the most exciting parts and points.
3. Reading – taking the bits and pieces of content you’ve amassed and adding them to my own research.
4. Outline – deciding where to start in order to make the biggest impact, finding a logical ending and then adding in the rest of the pieces.
5. First draft – presenting a rough draft of the manuscript and getting your input. The goal is to complete one or two chapters per day and keep at it until the whole thing is written so as not to lose congruity.
6. Final draft – putting it all together into a standardized format of chapter titles and heading, formatting, paginating, etc.
7. Upload – turning your manuscript into a Kindle format and helping you get the book online under your Amazon Author account.

Yes, I’ve got a formula – but that doesn’t mean your book will be a cookie cutter of other books. Each project is unique and presents its own challenges. It’s up to me to stay focused on the individual project and write a book that makes people want to read it. That’s the “secret sauce” that simply can’t be learned by going to a class or taking an online study course. It’s an innate ability and a gift that God has granted me.

Ghost Writers Do the Heavy Lifting

So, what’s your idea for a book? What do you want to tell others? What knowledge or examples do you want to share? That’s where we start – then I take over and do the “heavy lifting” of actually writing it all down in manuscript form.

Give me a call and we can get started on your project right away so you can have a book of your own to sell or give away within a month’s time!