Angela Booth's Writing Blog: Love writing fiction? Get paid for it

August 02, 2022

Love writing fiction? Get paid for it

Let’s look at why ghostwriting might be the perfect career for you if you enjoy writing and publishing fiction.

1. Clients are looking for authors: your books are your portfolio

Have you published fiction? Excellent. Your published books act as your ghostwriter’s portfolio. Potential clients can check out your books on Amazon, to decide whether you’re a good fit for their projects.

If you haven’t published any fiction yet, clients will nevertheless hire you. However, they might want a little evidence that you can write at book length—much as a traditional publisher would.

So, be prepared to create a “partial”, that is, an overview of your novel, with a couple of chapters and an outline of the rest.

Learn more.

Aug 2, 2022 7:56:30 AM | Fiction

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