10 expert tips on how to be a ghostwriter

Ghostwriting isn’t just writing for someone else. It’s shaping their story, capturing their voice and helping them say the things that matter most.
A person in a ghost costume with sunglasses and headphones is on the phone.

With Accessory – the memoir I co-wrote with convicted drug dealer and former beauty queen Felicia Djamirze – due out this July and published by Affirm Press, I’ve been reflecting on what it really takes to help someone tell their story. Ghostwriting as a profession is timely, growing and in high demand. But doing it well is an art form of its own.

Even executing high-impact short-form content for a paying client – what these days we politely call ‘thought leadership’ – is not as easy as it seems. ChatGPT, and its multitudinous cousins, can only get you so far before every article you write sounds ‘same same’. 

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Dr Erin O’Dwyer is a journalist, writer and editor. She is the director of storytelling consultancy, Good Prose Studios.