That's the wonderful thing about ghostwriting - you have so much to do, you don't have time to work on your own writing! Look how long it has been since I posted to this blog.
I started my own writing services because I thought while I'm writing so many articles of my own every day, I might as well make a business of it. Well, little did I know that I would barely have time to promote my other businesses. It's really for the best, though. I think writing is my calling, I just don't know why the good Lord waited until I was nearly old enough to draw social security to reveal this to me (just kidding).
I am doing what I love, and that is what matters.
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Ghostwriting for $2? You've Got to be Kidding!
I read on forums quite often where people get so called "good quality" articles ghostwritten for $2 or $3. Have these people lost their minds?
Ghostwriting isn't a simple process that a 3 year old could handle. In fact, some topics take a good deal of research to write about, if you are unfamiliar with the topic. If I take a topic that I really don't know much about, it can take 30 minutes or more to research enough that I can write an exceptional quality article.
Add to that the keyword optimization, writing compelling content and putting the files together, and I think you will agree that $2 is a slap in the face. Who would write for that amount of money? Not a professional who is proud of their work, I would say.
Being a ghostwriter is a profession, and professionals don't usually work for peanuts. Just my opinion!
Ghostwriting isn't a simple process that a 3 year old could handle. In fact, some topics take a good deal of research to write about, if you are unfamiliar with the topic. If I take a topic that I really don't know much about, it can take 30 minutes or more to research enough that I can write an exceptional quality article.
Add to that the keyword optimization, writing compelling content and putting the files together, and I think you will agree that $2 is a slap in the face. Who would write for that amount of money? Not a professional who is proud of their work, I would say.
Being a ghostwriter is a profession, and professionals don't usually work for peanuts. Just my opinion!
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Article Re-writing - Should the Rates be Higher?
When it comes to ghostwriting, I find that rewriting a piece is more time consuming than writing an article from scratch. Many ghostwriters don't do this at all, and some that do charge a reduced rate. I think it is actually MORE work!
Rewriting takes more time for me. Rearranging other peoples words and trying to come up with different words and phrases to take the place of the ones there is sometimes frustrating. I would much rather write a totally new article from scratch!
Just my opinion. Others may love taking old content and making something new out of it, but I would rather start with a clean slate. My imagination works better when I have a blank page! Oh, the joys of ghostwriting - gotta love it.
Rewriting takes more time for me. Rearranging other peoples words and trying to come up with different words and phrases to take the place of the ones there is sometimes frustrating. I would much rather write a totally new article from scratch!
Just my opinion. Others may love taking old content and making something new out of it, but I would rather start with a clean slate. My imagination works better when I have a blank page! Oh, the joys of ghostwriting - gotta love it.
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