Your Life Story Written For You, The Way You Want It.

A ghostwriter is a professional writer who is paid to write for another person or company. The ghostwriter will conduct all the research (unless some already exists), conduct interviews, write, edit (although will generally use professional editors and proofreaders) and sometimes help publish the final work, if that's what the client wants. You would need a ghostwriter primarily because you don't have the time or the experience to write a memoir or life story yourself. For a full list of faqs go to https://storey-lines.com/ghostwriter-life-story.

Initially, I had never thought of ghostwriting and was too busy writing my fiction novels.  Then one day a story opportunity came up about an ex-Vietnam soldier who had been diagnosed with dementia, and his story was too compelling to pass up. I wrote a mini life story for his family, and by the time I was finished I was hooked. I loved the interviewing, the writing process and all the research needed to complete it. Once upon a time I was a freelance journalist, and my previous experience interviewing and gathering facts has come to the fore. I love ghostwriting so much now that this is my sole occupation.

That's an easier question to answer than you think.  A memoir is about a certain period of your life, or a particular episode or experience, whereas a life story is a complete story of your life from start to finish (or to the present day, of course). Memoirs can span the whole of your life if there is a specific theme - eg relationships or travels, so that only the events relating to those themes are included. Memoirs are effective for telling stories that have a strong focus, such as my own story about how I handled my experience of breast cancer. Life stories are for when you want to cast the net wider to capture all the events and stories of your life.

If you want a story that is complete, factual, entertaining and potentially have commercial value (if you are going down the commercial publishing route), you should expect to pay between $25,000 and $50,000, depending on the length of the book. This takes into account research, interviews, transcripts, editing, proofing and myriad other factors that contribute to a life story. A short memoir may be less expensive, around $20,000 to $30,000, depending on the above factors. To learn more about what's required and the costs associated go to my ghostwriter information page.