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It might sound a bit silly…
I just want to prepare you upfront — this isn’t a classic writing lesson on punctuation or grammar, and it isn’t a lesson on work ethic. This is my personal method for specifically ghostwriting, meaning to write in the voice of my client, not as myself.
For a new ghost writer, no matter how experienced you are writing in your own voice, the idea of representing another person online can seem really daunting.
You will probably ask yourself:
“Will I even sound like them?”
“Will the client be happy with how I represent them?”
“Am I going to struggle and be up all night doing this?”
You know the drill — standard, first day at work nerves!
I don’t really know where my method came from, I just started doing it instinctively. A cosmic download, if you will.
So here’s what you came for — my trick
The way that I set myself up to write anything I’m tasked with, begins with getting to know my client. Obvious stuff so far, right?
As my clients are international (humble brag, sorry) this tends to be over Skype calls. We chat, mostly about work, but a little about life too. I get…
