Ghostwrite - Live the Writer's Life
What you'll learn
- Get started with a real ghostwriting career
- Find clients
- Know the downsides of ghostwriting
Requirements
- You will need a word processing program and access to the internet
Description
Interact with more than 900 students in the quest to understand whether ghostwriting is your kind of dream work.
One of the most urgently needed online services is ghostwriting. it's a great way to carve out your own niche and offer a much needed service. Whether you want to write blogs or romance novels or technical articles or speeches or - well the list is endless, there are people who need ghostwriters all the time.
Wondering where to start your ghostwriting career? Let me guide you through the basic things you should do to get started.
This course starts at the very beginning with the basics you need to know before taking the big leap into ghostwriting.
You will be shown the inside world of ghostwriting. For people who like to write and are interested in making a good living working from home, ghostwriting is an ideal career. The big question is - where do you find clients?
The next big question is - how much should you charge?
One of the most valuable lessons about ghostwriting is that you can choose your niche and become a highly sought after service provider.
You will learn how to to deal with difficult clients and how to meet deadlines.
Who this course is for:
- This course is ideal for someone who likes to write and wants to be their own boss
- If you struggle with procrastination and have difficulty with spelling and grammar this might not be the career for you
Instructor
- 4.2 Instructor Rating
- 140 Reviews
- 2,543 Students
- 2 Courses
Technology and Writing
I began my working life as a writer and became fascinated with technology. The first technology for me involved a portable manual typewriter. I needed to be able to work anywhere.
Among my certifications, the one that was the most difficult to obtain was my Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) designation. Even though, I "retired" from an international consulting company in 2003, I continued to apply the intense knowledge learned during the CISSP training to my business life.
Living the Simple Lifestyle
Part of working anywhere meant that I learned to keep my lifestyle simple and streamlined. I like to find the easiest (and cheapest) way to keep things running smoothly.
I had a small computer repair shop where I revived computers that people thought were dead or at least non-functioning. When I realized that 90% of the computers that came into the shop were suffering from malware attacks, I found ways that people can prevent this kind of disruption in their computer world.
How I Learned
I became involved in computers in 1981 when there were not many choices for home computers. I grew up with home computing and learned each new rendition and release as it appeared. By 1989, I was teaching people how to use WordPerfect in an office setting.
By 1995, I was learning how to build websites. By 1997, I was a contract instructor for the biggest names in software training. In the new century, I was a consultant for CGI, an independent information technology and business process services firm.
In 2003, I "retired" from working in an office and ghostwrote and fixed computers and turned to seeking the simple lifestyle.