Are You Ready to Work with a Ghostwriter? Five Things You Must Consider!

@November 9, 2023, Wendy Scheuring, Updated September 27, 2024

What is a ghostwriter looking for in a prospective client?

To gauge the success of your prospective business relationship, the ghostwriter will be contemplating these FIVE important questions:

1. Is the story interesting and intriguing? Is it a story in which the ghostwriter wants to invest their time and talent?

If the story is not intriguing, a ghostwriter will also most likely not be interested in writing about it. For a ghostwriter to be interested, there must be not a spark, but a fire, to truly motivate them.

How intriguing is your story?

2. Secondly, are you ready to start now or are you just fishing for information? Do you have a deadline or are you just wanting your book done whenever?

Most ghostwriters can spot procrastination right away and, if it’s present, we will soon lose interest if you delay. We like working with people who are “on fire” for their project. Because we get “on fire,” too. You definitely want your ghostwriter to be as excited as, if not more so, than you about your project. Yet too many stops and starts can put out that fire and we lose interest.

3. Thirdly, do you see the value in what a ghostwriter does?

There are clients at times that want ghostwriters to work for way less than their value to write stories that they can’t write themselves or don’t have the time to. Ghostwriters thrive on working with clients who view ghostwriting as an investment, not as a liability, and truly value the work of a professional.

Do you value working with a ghostwriter?

4. Fourth, are you easy to work with? Are you reliable and pleasant?

Do your words reflect your actions and vice versa? If you say you are going to be available for an interview, do you show up on time or let the ghostwriter know you can’t make the meeting ahead of time? Or do you ghost your ghostwriter?

5. And, last but not least, are you aligned with your ghostwriter?

The answer to the question should be obvious because you can feel the alignment from your first meeting. This is something we call “chemistry.” That chemistry is either there or it is not.

Ghostwriters generally do not like to work on a project when they are not aligned with a client. We will know right away and not take on the project. So, consider that business relationship between you and your ghostwriter as a long-term one. It must be valued and respected for the duration of your project and beyond.

Ready to work with a ghostwriter now? The Author’s Writer is here to help you turn your ideas into a masterpiece.