Ghostwriting is a strange kind of magic. My job is to write in a way that doesn’t sound like me at all. When it’s done right, the client reads it and says, “This sounds exactly like what I would have written only better.” The secret? I don’t just listen to their words. I study their rhythm, their quirks, the phrases they repeat without even noticing. Some love long, winding sentences. Others can’t go three lines without a punchy stop. Some hide behind formality, others thrive on boldness. By the time I’m done, their voice becomes my second skin. And that’s when ghostwriting stops being “content” and turns into identity. 👉 Companies don’t just need words; they need words that sound like them. That’s the gap I bridge every day.

Just a reminder…

I absolutely will follow this. I have gone a part of the way with my short film, but came across many different stumbling blocks. AND they have been incredible teachers. Honestly my biggest roadblock is a. finding a story that others will want to hear/see b. re. a. believing I have something worthwhile to tell for people other than myself (!) and c. that crew will want to be involved. Because honestly if I have that belief in ideas that I have then I know I will do whatever is necessary to make this. I am a very determined person it is only lack of self-belief that gets in my way... I am getting better at it but there's still a few gremlins hanging around me!

My takeaway is that there are different ways to a successful storytelling career, that it's ok to have failure in your first film, it's not necessarily going to be a straight line and that no one has MY voice. My biggest concern is asking people to work for nothing. I have a reasonably big network and I don't think any of them like to work for nothing and have voiced as much several times. With my first film I paid well below usual rates and that was a problem to get people to turn up when I needed them to as other jobs took their priority. Particularly the director!

Assignment #1: Will I use this strategy? Yes I will use the strategy, it sounds like the most natural next steps because its using things that are available to me today. Assignment #2: If yes, what are my 3 biggest roadblocks? If not, what are the reasons? 1. Creating the story that's the most true to my voice, I think it might take time to find my voice. 2. Finding crew, but that's doable. 3. Things i'm not knowledgeable in yet, like post production.