What does your book need: Ghostwriter, editor, or a book coach

You have the dream of becoming a popular, published author and a promising manuscript to fuel it. Congratulations! However, doing it alone can leave you blind to the end results. This also increases the chance of making crucial mistakes. It’s better to get some professional help to avoid such situations. Since it’s your first time, you would find it difficult to understand whom you should approach. A number of questions pop into your mind while scrolling through the service section. Should I go for just a review? Do I need to rewrite it? Should I just submit it for proofreading? Does it require editing? To complicate a bit more, you will find types of editing to select from.

From our experience, we have compiled bits and pieces to make it easy for you to select an appropriate service for your completed manuscript. Scroll down to clear your head and figure out what you need.

Hiring a ghostwriter

Let’s begin with a ghostwriter. Writing a book on your own is a demanding job. If you have a plot, basic manuscript, project scope, or text complied together in a disorganized manner, then you definitely need a ghostwriter to bring it into a book form. You can convey your knowledge, information, and preferences regarding the book to your writer, and he will write the chapters for you. He can also create a book proposal for you. He can also help you with your book concept, outline, structure, and organization. He can help you to make the content clear, readable, and consistent.

If you are someone who isn’t good with language, has a tough schedule, or simply doesn’t like to write, then this option is definitely for you. Most of the time, we are so occupied by our daily chores that we don’t have the time to transform our idea into well-tempered prose. A ghostwriter is a perfect choice here to get the job done for you. It will require time to convey your expertise to the ghostwriter, but it's way less than writing the book all by yourself. He will choose the words appropriately and shape them to convey the true message behind your book. Basically, you will need a ghostwriter in the initial stages of your book rather than when it’s finished. This only happens in one situation where you have written your entire manuscript, but for the sake of style or vocabulary, you want to rewrite it.

Hiring an editor

Most books go through all these types of publishers before they are considered "ready." Yes, these agencies have their own publishers, but if your manuscript arrives in poor condition, it may be sent back to you due to further work, production delays, or even rejection after the contract end. This is why many authors hire their own editors to make sure the manuscripts they are submitting under their name are in perfect composition. Publishers offer a range of services, from idea formation, writing, and structure to injecting clarity and coherence - and perhaps even the lack of the magical narrative thread, the essence that makes a book work. In order to find out more about editing services, click here to read our complete editing guide.

Working with a publisher can be extremely fun, not to mention it is beneficial for your book at the time. And whether it is from the beginning of the manuscript or after the book has already been written, you will feel supported and encouraged by the publisher. The end result is a text in the best possible condition.

Hiring a book coach

Some of you might have good writing skills, and this has inspired them to pursue the dream of writing a book under their name. However, writing accounts for the fuel of your creative success, whereas concept, structure, outline, knowledge, and style still work as screws for a book. Confused regarding your prologue? Don’t know what you should write in the first chapter? Can’t decide how to pull the story forward? Stuck on the plot twist? Can’t develop a character properly? Don’t know how to close a particular scene? Can’t decide the end of your book? This is exactly where a Book Coach can help you.

An expert book coach can work on the basics, from drafting an outline to writing down the end of the book. He can assist you since you open a blank document, so you don’t have to spend your life figuring it out. An experienced book coach will even help to bring out your idea in the best way possible in the book. He will provide effective input through his experience on how to develop a specific tone or style. Remember that this role doesn’t include editing or ghostwriting but purely guiding. You can take their help in deciding an impressive book title too. A coach is a person who trains people in a particular sport with the help of practicing, critics, and feedbacks. A book coach will do the same for you.

What does your book need?

It is up to you! You have the right to set boundaries for the other person to work on your project. For this, you just have to determine the level of help you need with your nook. Remember that nothing in this world is perfect. To err is human and even the finest writers, regardless of their specialized genre, need an eye to judge a creative piece.

It’s not easy to watch your work losing its essence but know that it is for the better of it. Try to find a ghostwriter or editor to sync with you. If you find someone who will "get" you, you won’t find it difficult to get to your ultimate goal – a published manuscript. Need help with your manuscript? Go through our packages and sign up for what suits you the best.