Responsibilities
- Voice and source discovery
- Interview and chapter drafting
- Author review and revision
Your book team · Ghostwriter
Turn interviews, expertise and source material into prose that preserves the author’s voice.
A clear brief protects the author and the professional: define the contribution, evidence, deliverables, schedule, attribution, rights and book access before work begins.
Typical milestones
- Voice sample approved
- Draft sections delivered
- Manuscript handoff
Book permissions
Book brief, sources, interviews and assigned chapters
Only grant the chapters, files and actions needed for the agreed scope. Access can be reviewed or revoked from My Book Team.
What this role does not own
- Literary representation
- Publishing or distributing the book
- Final legal or factual approval
When to bring them in
- The author has strong material but limited writing capacity
- Interview-led drafting fits the project
- Voice, scope and attribution can be agreed clearly
Questions worth asking
- How do you learn and validate an author’s voice?
- What interview and revision cadence do you use?
- How will credit, confidentiality and manuscript ownership work?
A prompt you can adapt
Draft [chapters/manuscript] from [interviews/sources] for [reader]. Preserve [voice qualities], deliver [milestones], include [revision rounds], and follow the agreed rules for attribution, confidentiality and ownership.
Replace bracketed fields with project facts. Agree scope, rights, attribution, fees and permissions separately before work begins.
Turn the role into a clear book brief.
Compare evidence, describe the work, agree milestones and keep progress beside the manuscript.