Ghostwriting FAQ

Ghostwriting FAQ

What is a ghost writer? A ghostwriter collaborates with an author/client to write a book based on the vision, ideas, and voice of the client. The ghostwriter does the research and writing and the client publishes the book in his or her own name. The client retains the...
Tips for Writing Memoirs

Tips for Writing Memoirs

Memoir is one of the most popular genres among first-time writers. What story does one know more intimately than one’s own life? Still, writers who tackle memoirs often do so on the mistaken assumption that such a text might be straightforward and simple because it...

Not So Black and White: Moral Ambiguity in Character Development

Villains and heroes: Are people essentially good, or essentially bad? Since time immemorial, armchair philosophers have debated this vexing question, which provokes heated, polarizing answers. But the truth lies somewhere in between the extremes. We humans are complex...
Tips for Writing a Memoir

Tips for Writing a Memoir

Writing my memoir Memoir is one of the most popular genres among first-time writers. What story does one know more intimately than one’s own life? Still, writers who tackle memoirs often do so on the mistaken assumption that such a text might be straightforward...
Advice for Writers: Discipline, Motivation, and Jerry Seinfeld

Advice for Writers: Discipline, Motivation, and Jerry Seinfeld

It’s fair to say Jerry Seinfeld has achieved a modicum of success over his decades-long career. And while he’s best known as a comedian or actor, his oeuvre is really rooted in writing: as a stand-up comic, as one of the creative minds behind Seinfeld, and as the...