What does a ghost writer do?
A ghost writer is a skilled writer who collaborates with an author who needs help in turning a book idea into a finished piece of work. Ghost writers are commonly employed in many fields of book publishing, including both fiction and non-fiction; in fact, at any given time, a large fraction of the books on national best-seller lists are likely to be products of an author / ghost writer relationship. The collaboration between author and ghost writer may take several forms. Sometimes, the author creates a draft manuscript that the ghost writer thoroughly rewrites, perhaps adding and discarding sections as well as reorganizing the sequence of materials. (A less-extensive revision shades into ‘editing’ rather than ghost writing; there is no precise rule as to where the line is drawn.) In other cases, the ghost writer will interview the author extensively and write a manuscript based on information, ideas and stories drawn from those interviews. In the case of a non-fiction work, the ghost
