On Ghostwriting
About this blog
This is my blog. It contains my thoughts on writing in general and ghostwriting in particular as well as few personal rants on this and that. I publish posts here to give you an opportunity of what’s going on in […]
On Writing
Thoughts on outlining …
You don’t have to spend a lot of time outlining your book, but if you don’t, then writing it is likely to take longer than it should and the whole process will become more uncomfortable. But how do you go […]
On Writing
Only you know where the bodies are buried …
First drafts are where you make your mistakes So, don’t worry about putting content in the wrong place, or including material that you later delete or have to radically alter. So, what if you get the structure wrong to begin […]
On Ghostwriting
Your first draft sprint …
Getting that first draft out as fast as possible should be the aim of every writer. And you do that because your first draft gives you the structure of your book. First drafts are where you learn what your book […]
On Writing
Do you write best under pressure …
Some authors I work with tell me they write best under pressure. They believe that, but I’m not sure it’s true. The reason they think is probably more down to the fact that if they are under pressure then they […]
On Writing
Planning your book …
Writing a book is a project that needs to be planned into your life. So, let’s say you want to complete a book in the next three months, which you can do if the book isn’t too long and is […]
On Ghostwriting, On Writing
The attention span myth …
There’s a nasty little trope going around, which is that people won’t read anything long anymore because they don’t have the attention span. Pedlars of this idea will point to TikTok and Twitter as evidence. Attach some bad science and […]
On Ghostwriting
There are only small projects …
I’m interested in time management and productivity. I think most entrepreneurs, knowledge workers and professionals are, after all, who doesn’t want to get more done sooner? So, I’ve read a lot on the subject as well as written about it. […]
On Ghostwriting
Is this true …
“All writers are vain, selfish and lazy, and at the very bottom of their motives lies a mystery. Writing a book is a long, exhausting struggle, like a long bout of some painful illness. One would never undertake such a […]
On Ghostwriting
Reasons you don’t write …
Writing is both easy and hard. It’s easy because all we need is a pen and a piece of paper to get going. It’s hard because we can stop ourselves before we start because of perceived fears. Which of the […]
On Ghostwriting
The stages of a book
I aim to write a 50k word book in about three months. A project like divides roughly into three phases each taking about a month. The split between them isn’t exact, but this isn’t too far out. Month One — […]