Editorial Toolkit: Book Doctoring and Ghostwriting (self-paced)
$100.00
Description
$100 (members: $90) | How to perform book doctoring and ghostwriting | 4 weeks | self-paced | Intermediate
This class shows you the basics of book doctoring, coauthoring, and ghostwriting, which go beyond editing to actually writing and/or rewriting an author’s work. Though much of the available work is in nonfiction, there are opportunities for fiction editors/writers as well.
The class covers:
- how book doctoring, coauthoring, and ghostwriting are similar – and how they’re different
- why developmental editors are in a good position to do this work
- the importance of the client interview
- how to understand an author’s voice and reflect it in the manuscript
- avoiding common pitfalls, including legal concerns
- writing effective proposals and outlines
- understanding how media tie-ins work
- identifying audience needs and expectations
- getting paid fairly for your work – including kill fees and paid samples
- finding clients
- and more!
Each lesson includes an exercise to explore the lesson materials.
Intermediate classes are intended for those with some developmental editing experience or who have taken the Beginning + Intermediate DE for Fiction classes or the self-paced DE 1 through 6 classes.
The class is entirely online and asynchronous (you don’t have to be in any particular place at any particular time to participate).
