5 Reasons to Hire a Ghostwriter

Ghostwriters are people hired to create a book and then turn the copyright of that book over to the buyer. There are many reasons that you might consider hiring a ghostwriter to help you complete your masterpiece.

A self-publishing author working with a ghostwriter over the computer

1. Writing Skills

Like any skill, learning to use the language masterfully take practice and time to develop. Unfortunately, no one sits down one day and churns out a perfect book.

Ghostwriters are often hired to write non-fiction books by people who have a lot of knowledge about the topic of their book but don’t have a background in writing. Hiring a ghostwriter assures that the information the buyer wants to communicate to the audience in an easily understood way.

Sometimes a person will hire a ghostwriter for a fiction project if they have an excellent idea for a story but don’t have the experience to execute it themselves.

Ghostwriters can take a fiction or non-fiction outline and turn it into a fantastic book.

2. Time

Writing a book takes a long time, even for an experienced author. A first book commonly takes years to write. Some people don’t have that kind of time.

Perhaps their non-fiction book is about something happening in current events or another topic that needs to be finished promptly.

Sometimes there are fiction trends that an author might want to follow. For example, perhaps a particular type of book is trendy at the moment, and the author wants to get their book written while the market for that book is still hot.

Ghostwriters have years of experience, and writing is their job. They are able to produce completed work in a fraction of the amount of time a new author could.

3. Add to Your Product Line

People who own intellectual property may wish to add books to their product line. For example, maybe a video game designer wants books written about their world to sell to players. Perhaps a comic artist wants to turn their stories into novels but lacks the skills. Hiring a ghostwriter is a perfect way to make the most of the intellectual properties one owns and create a variety of new, sellable items to include in your sales funnel.

4. Create a New Business

Many people have marketing skills and are looking for a product to sell but don’t have the means to mass-produce items easily.

Books are sellable items that are relatively cheap to mass-produce. Therefore, once a ghostwriter creates the initial manuscript, an infinite number of books can be printed and sold.

Many entrepreneurial people out there hire a ghostwriter to create a story that their research indicates will sell well. Then, after receiving the manuscript, they use their marketing and business skills to get sales.

5. Simplicity

Writing a book is time-consuming and difficult. Most people who have amazing story ideas don’t have the time to write a book. They might put it off in the category of something they will do one day, but too often, that day doesn’t ever come.

Hiring a ghostwriter simplifies the project into something manageable and allows the buyer to create their manuscript quickly and easily.

Hire the ghostwriter and tell your story. Hire them to bring your novel idea to life.  Use them to create your family history book to pass down to the next generation. A ghostwriter is the quickest and easiest means to a well-written manuscript.

Ghostwriters are professionals who write other people’s books for a living. They can write yours too.

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4 Tips and Tricks for Creating an Immersive Setting

Plot, character, and setting are the three elements that make up every story. Of course, their importance within each story varies, but getting them right is often the difference between a great reading experience and a book that is put on the shelf and forgotten.

A country road set in the mountains representing an immersive setting in a self-published book

The setting is one element that many writers struggle to bring to life. Outside of science fiction and fantasy, the setting takes on a smaller role in most novels. There are times that the setting of a book isn’t mentioned at all. However, including an immersive setting is a great way to draw readers into the story. Here are four tips for making an exciting and immersive setting.

1. Treat Setting as a Character

Whether your story takes place in a faraway galaxy on an imagined planet, a small New England town, or the streets of New York City, the setting should feel alive.

Write a character sketch of your setting. What does it look like? What is its history and background? How is it related to the protagonist and antagonist of your story? How do your character’s actions affect the setting of the story? How does the setting change as your protagonist follows their arc?

Treating your setting like a character will help you bring it to life and create the kind of immersive reading experience that will leave your readers hungry for more.

2. Find Ways to Include Setting in Your Plot

If your story takes place in an authentic setting, what landmarks can be placed in the story? For example, can your lovers have a cute meet atop the Empire State Building? Can your hero hide in the Appalachian mountains to avoid apprehension while he tries to prove his innocence? Can your villain attempt to blow up Big Ben to make a political point?

If you are working with a fictional setting, build that setting to enhance the story’s plot. Think of the classic science fiction book Dune. The desert setting is vital to every aspect of the plot from the quirks of the people to the dangers the characters face. Create a setting with obstacles for your characters to overcome and rewards for a triumph that naturally flow from that setting.

3. Choose the Setting Carefully

Too many authors are so focused on the plot and characters of their story that they don’t care much about choosing the setting. As a result, they may fail to describe where the action is taking place or give readers only the vaguest notion of where the characters live and interact. The outlining phase of writing is a great time to consider where the characters will spend the story.

What setting is most conducive to the story? What setting would be unexpected?

If the writer uses a real setting, it is also wise for them to consider places they know or places they can easily research.

If the author is creating a setting, they should be sure to consider what makes it different. For example, how is the small town in their book different from every other small town in the world? Fictional settings have so much creative space. Take advantage of that to make the setting memorable for readers.

4. Include a Map

If you are writing a complex setting, consider adding a map to your book. Especially in a made-up location, maps make it easy for readers to understand where the story is taking place and follow the characters’ movements. Having a custom illustrated map can also help you, as an author, navigate the setting of your world and see fresh opportunities for using your setting in new and creative ways.

Have you written an amazing story with rich characters, an intense plot, and a dynamic setting?

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