Archive for December 2023
Why a Heart Defect was a Ghostwriter’s 1st Compelling Story
Fifth of an occasional series about stories and ideas worth telling. A heart defect is not inherently compelling. As a ghostwriter, if someone pitched me to ghostwrite a story about a guy who overcame a heart defect, I’d first ask, “What else is there to the story?” and if there was nothing, I’d turn it…
Read MoreGhostwriters Should be so Lucky to Tell This 1 Kind of Story
Fourth in an occasional series about stories and ideas worth telling. One criterion ghostwriters should look for when deciding what story to help tell is how mouth-droppingly amazing the story is. If when hearing the whole story, I find my mouth agape and my vocalizing the sentences, “Oh my God. I can’t believe that!” or…
Read MoreWhy Parental Alienation is 1 Subject Worth a Ghostwriter’s Time
Third in an occasional series about ideas and stories that are worth telling. As a speech writer in NYC, I get pitched story ideas all the time and many from people who have overcome deep adversity that feel compelled to share their experiences with the world. Sometimes the story doesn’t resonate with me, and since…
Read More