Whether you are a ghostwriter or just looking for one, we think that you are familiar with the ghostwriting concept enough.

So let’s talk, why, when and how you should hire a ghostwriter for your book?

Even though ghostwriting process and results from close looks fake and you could say that someone who is credited for someone’s else's job should be ashamed, at first you need to remember that fact, that:

1. Not everybody can write.
2. Every writer needs a job.

So in short, no matter what position you are in, you should remember these two arguments why ghostwriting is making a huge contribution in a society. 

Maybe without ghostwriters you wouldn't be able to read your favorite politician or musician biography (Yes, ghostwriters do a job like this.) They take over your favorite celebrity job to write their memoirs for example. 

Also, every writer needs a job. Of course, writers are not jobless, because they have a lot of requests from many people who can’t write and take over a freelance writer or even ghostwriter position. But the fact that writers need a job, is true. Writing is a constant process which keeps clients change and writers alive psychologically or financially also. So there’s a win-win situation where everybody leaves happy. Ghostwriters get their money and someone else gets their texts which they can claim as theirs. (As the internet claims, ghostwriters usually get from 2 thousand dollars per book. Not that bad, huh?)

After we are done with the question WHY section, we can move forward with the question WHEN.

It is possible that the best time to hire a ghostwriter is when you feel that you literally can’t write anything for yourself. So there’s the main bullet points that shows that you totally need a ghostwriter:

• You have no idea for your book concept.
• You can write at least one page when you actually need at least 5 pages to reach your goal.
• You can’t write, because mistakes in grammar and stylistics is your second religion.
• You have no time, but have money.
• You need your book finished soon.
• You need to write about something you don’t actually understand. 

If you can add at least 2 bullet points to yourself, congratulations, you should hire a ghostwriter!

Just before hiring one you should remember to check your chosen ghostwriter’s credentials and every other needed information to be sure that your writer will be reliable. You need to examine your ghostwriter a little bit and set your own rules.

How to examine ghostwriter and set your own rules?

• Never hire ghostwriters from random pages or advertisements. Always look for your potential ghostwriter in popular pages which have a lot of good reviews. 
• People with random nicknames, empty profiles and bad pictures or with no picture are usually unreliable. Even if looking at the people's appearance is bad, sometimes it’s helpful. Real specialists have a representative look. You’ll see one when you find it. 
• Always ask for the latest work examples to check if their writing tone matches with your expectations.
• Never be afraid to talk about money. Don’t be afraid to negotiate, because usually writers who look for the job agree with the reducing the price within reason.
• Don’t pay before getting a job done. Always offer a paying system. Divide the payment into parts. For example, they send you one part and you pay them for that part. Your ghostwriter will be motivated to finish job sooner and you will be sure that your copywriter won’t leave you without anything.
• Always sign a contract. It helps in almost every life situation. Use it and prevent yourself and your ghostwriter from many misunderstandings. We are sure that the contract will be more clear than just an oral agreement.

What happens next after you choose the ghostwriter?

What happens next, depends on how you want to work. Be prepared for constant communication, because the thing is, you both need to understand how to collaborate and think as one. This is important, because your ghostwriter needs to think like you. So even if that’s a text, it should sound like you wrote it, not like somebody else - FAKE IT TILL YOU MAKE IT.

That’s why after hiring a ghostwriter you trust the most, you need to talk with them, how they see your book concept and how they are gonna make it. For someone helps simple conversations (if that’s a shorter work), for other ones works meetings and responsible process checking which includes various interviews with many questions about what do your ghostwriter think about one or another idea. 

All in all, hiring a ghostwriter is not that hard. First of all you need to think about your main reasons why, when you should need to spend a lot of money for someone else's job to claim it was yours. Second, you should hire a ghostwriter being prepared for possibilities that they will try to scam you. And after hiring, be prepared for constant communication which will help you two connect with one another in order to get perfect results. So follow our instructions, create your own rules and prepare to cooperate with your first ghostwriter! Good luck!