Would you be willing to "ghost write" for someone?

It would depend. If it was a genuine freelance job offer from a blogger or website owner who wanted content to appear under their name, I woud not mind. If it was someone who wanted my articles only so they could get paid by submitting them to a paying site, I would not do it. Ghostwriting is common practice. Many sites do not give any byline for the articles that appear on them. When I sell an article I never know if my name will appear or not. It is up to the site owner how they present it.

I can't accept this. If someone don't know the language, then I can write for he/she. The article should be named its writer's name. Happy myLotting:))

Well, let's see. Ghostwriting is a legitimate job. A lot of "celebrity" books are ghostwritten. Just because their name, alone, may be enough to sell books, they wouldn't all have the writing ability, I'm sure :) LOL Also, some consider speech writing to be ghostwriting since the writer isn't delivering the speech personally and is rarely acknowledged. I don't know if I could be a ghostwriter. Like others here, I prefer my own name to be attached to my work. However, I'm sure it could be very lucrative in the right situations... more for book deals than for smaller articles. If I could generate a good income stream writing content where there was no byline at all, I'd be more comfortable doing that. I would know what I wrote and no one else would be getting "perceived" credit for my work :)

No....I have had several people come to me and have an idea...for a book or whatever....I always tell them I only do my own....I don't write for anyone else. I guess there isn't enough money for me to do it...not matter what they paid.

Certainly I would, why would I not if the pay is reasonable. You can be a starving artist if you want, but for me it seems that to be a professional writer you have to get paid. Most of the books you read, especially auto biographies are ghost written. You do not think that because someone happens to be successful and newsworthy that they write their own books, do you. It is something like a politician, giving all those speaches, they do not write them themselves, they have speech writers, and those late night talk show hosts do not write their own jokes, this is something like ghost writing. Many writers do not get full acknowledgment but they do it as a living though.

yah ni will b more than willing ghost write on b half of my friend,some times my friends may not be gifted in writing but i may be gifted ,so if my friends can pay me so that i ghost write 4 them i can do that,,,

I would. I actually had someone on here tell me of such a job and she had recommended me for it. Anyway, long story short, I guess her "boss" wanted me to be able to meet deadlines, but with me being a stay at home mom I guess he didn't like the fact that my kids come first. So that was the end of that. How about you Jenaisle? Would you be willing to be a ghost writer for someone?

I certainly would not mind, if the person honestly pays for my efforts and labour. In these days of hardship any income would be good. The advantage is if the article is controversial or gets panned by the critics then i would not be blamed but the person in whose name it appears will have to face the music. I will simply walk away with the money.Do you know anyone who wants something written, i would be interested.

It depends on the situation and what needs to be written. I have done this many times in the past. I do not simply accept any writing request. If the writing involves a lot of research then I would ask for a higher pay if it is possible. So far I ave written 30 books published under two different names. As for course assignment I consider myself as a consultant/tutor. I do not normally write course assignment based on the title alone. I need to know what the student has in mind, including understanding and planning. This way the writing can be tailored at least a bit according to the student's thinking. For the record once I did six assignments on the same topic, with each done differently. all the best in your writings, rosdimy

i would like to write for you. but you have to give me some time to write a horror story. i often tell story to the children about the ghost story .

Well, in a way I do it all the time, by offering full rights at Constant Content. That is selling all rights to the work, and the buyer can choose not to include my byline. Once I found one of my articles syndicated to about 14 different sites and attributed to someone else. I was a bit peeved about that, but there was nothing I could do as I had sold my rights. Outside of that arena, I might agree for a decent price.

it really depends on the situation i will list them down: 1. do i know this person? if this is someone i know, may be i would. i don't want to write for someone who has a bad reputation. afterall, those are my words under his name. 2. how much? if you say just enough would mean "enough to pay the monthly bills" then that's good enough for me! 3. is there a large following? if yes, then i would ghost write, chances are, a large following will make sure that the article or story or what ever it is, will be read, therefore more chances of earning, i am assuming this is a pay per view thing, right. and a portion of the earnings will go to me. :) 4. what are the topics? i would assume the reason i was invited to ghost write is because the topics are suitable for me. those that are in my forte, at least. so i wont be having too much time spent on topics that i don't know anything about. (of course, researching is good for topics that were written under your own name since you put a lot of time and effort in it) that said, i hope i would get invited to ghost write for someone. he he he. after all, i only have a few conditions. LOL Cheers!

I used to work as a ghost writer but I wrote technical stuff so it is just fine with me. But for creative writing, I do not want to be a ghost writer. I could not fathom the idea that he/she will be credited for a poem or short story that I wrote.

if i am poor,i will

Maybe ghost writer has become a profession, at least part time profession. On some sites, publishers give intented topics, and the website invites writer for bidding for a set price. The best will be chosen among several to be finally used by the publisher. The writer is not supposed to put on his name, even pen name. Since you agree to the pay, you have to accept the terms. That is compromise in life.