So, in the past month or so, I decided to dip my toe in the waters of ghostwriting.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s been interesting so far. At first, I kind of resisted the idea. Not sure why. Maybe I thought I would \u201cgive away\u201d all my good ideas to someone else without getting any credit. But so far, I\u2019ve been okay with the projects I\u2019ve taken on.<\/p>\n
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Maybe it\u2019s because they aren’t squarely in my preferred genres when writing my own fiction. They are in the same neighborhood, but they’re far enough removed that I can still write with confidence that I\u2019m putting out something good while still enjoying myself without feeling like I\u2019m giving away too much of my own voice.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s strange, because you do have to remember that you are writing as someone else. But so far, the projects I\u2019ve taken on have been outlined to some degree, so I haven\u2019t felt that same pressure and back-and-forth I go through when plotting my own fiction.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m not the first writer to second-guess themselves (from story seed right through to the finished product), but for whatever reason, I haven’t had any trouble yet separating \u201cme\u201d from \u201cthem\u201d – and less pressure means I can just get down to business without all that self-imposed loathing \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
Anyways, I can\u2019t really talk about the projects I\u2019ve done or the new ones I\u2019m working on (hence the ghost part of it all), but I\u2019m exploring new avenues and hopefully improving my skills in the process. Plus I\u2019m getting paid to write so it\u2019s kind of a win-win-win situation!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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