Archive for June 2024
3 More True Bona Fide Expectations to Deal With
The professor and motivational speaker Leo Buscaglia once said, “Never idealize others. They will never live up to your expectations.” Ghostwriters—and their clients—would be wise to remember this so expectations can be properly managed and everyone remains united in making the project the very best ghostwritten work possible. But that means recognizing that some expectations…
Read More3 Wrong Ghostwriting Expectations and Their Genuine Realities
Let’s talk about expectations. Because ghostwriting is so collaborative, the ghostwriter has the responsibility of managing a prospect or client’s expectations. If not, things can go wrong quickly. Example: A prospect wanted me to write five high quality articles related to his business, that he could post and then share on different social media sites.…
Read MoreAlways Have These 6 Recommended Contract Parts
I recently wrote about the importance of having a contract. That’s all well and good, but if you don’t know what to put in a contract, the importance won’t make sense. Since a contract’s purpose is to record rights, duties, obligations, responsibilities, collaborations, agreements, and payment schedules, among many others; and since a contract should…
Read More1 Ghostwriting Contract’s Perfect Importance
In the classic 1942 film Yankee Doodle Dandy, Broadway icon George M. Cohan (played by James Cagney) famously recalled that he and his partner Sam Harris operated for sixteen years on nothing more than a handshake. While that level of trust makes for great Hollywood nostalgia, real-world publishing requires far stronger foundations. Even major studios…
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