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Any proficient writer can move into ghost writing.Do it right and it’s very well paid.There are proven techniques you should know.Tip: get good advice and working guidelines from an experienced ghost writer before you begin.I used to be a professional ghost writer. It’s an interesting and rewarding occupation. Especially as you can do it as a second income project alongside your regular job.No one need know you have a lucrative sideline - writing other people’s books for them.I discussed this opportunity with two friends who were also successful ghost writers.Each of us has stopped being a ghostwriter. So why aren’t we all still doing it? Simple.The truth is you can only do this kind of writing for about ten years before you get intellectually restless. You want to move on to other things. We did it, we banked the money and we all moved on.However, we’ve written down the techniques and tips YOU SHOULD KNOW if you want to spend your ten years as a ghostwriter. You can download our ebook report.In my case I specialised in writing marketing reports and business documents, press releases and speeches for other people. Clients paid me well. I enjoyed doing it and I upsized my family home on the proceeds.Richard wrote autobiographies for rich car dealers, property tycoons and show biz celebrities.He was writing up to three of them at a time when he was busy. He was ghost writing full time and doing well. Burnout!He’s written 110 books, so you could say he knows the writing business.David wrote informative ‘how to’ instruction books. He was also the ghostwriter of glossy books 'BY' famous adventurers - who were mostly out there having more adventures.According to Ghostwriters Ink magazine, the fee for ghostwriting is around $12,000 to $28,000 per book. It varies. You should find out WHY it varies.Wikipedia says having a trade magazine article ghostwritten pays “$4 per word or more, depending on the complexity of the article”. Writing about a company’s new 'whizzbang machine' is relatively simple journalism, so the fee is a bit less. Around $1-$2-$3 a word.US literary agent Madeleine Morel told Wikipedia the average ghostwriter's advance for writing a book which will go to a major publisher is "between $30,000 and $100,000". Frankly, this is not the world we wrote for.Eg: The New York Times said the ghostwriter’s fee for Hillary Clinton's 'Living History' memoir was $500,000. Maybe? Seems a lot to me. My writing friends and I worked for less than that. But we got STEADY WORK, not a blazing solo shooting star with an impossibly tight deadline.I don’t know where you see yourself on this ghostwriter's ladder, but I’ll assume you have one foot on the lowest rung and you’re ready to start climbing. Congratulations. You won’t regret it.Tip: Start with someone easy and non-controversial. Plan to increase your fee by 20% with every book you ghostwrite.This ghostwriter’s guidebook is short but it has all the basic techniques and sound advice with no padding. Every word is essential. Think of it as a prudent investment in a business that could earn you a steady second income for ten years or so.If you wonder what scope there is for a ghostwriter who lives in a small town and who doesn’t know any business tycoons, consider this. Is there a politician nearby with a big ego? Probably. Is there a successful realtor nearby with a big ego? Yes. Is there a successful car dealer nearby with a big ego? Yes. Could you write a one page letter along the lines of “I’ve admired the contribution you’ve made these past 20 years and I’d like to work with you to put your memoirs into a book. I’m a professional ghostwriter. Could we get together to discuss this? Please call me.”Is there a family-owned business nearby where the founder is nearing retirement?Not one of these people will be able to write their memoirs without your help. They don’t know HOW.There's a 100% money-back guarantee.