Winter School – Ghostwriting
Date:
With:
David Brewster, A Story to Tell
Rating:
EARLY, EMERGING
Summary:
Ghostwriting can be an effective way of putting your writing skills to use while earning a living. Pull apart the art of ghostwriting, find out potential sources of ghostwriting work and what types of work are available, learn how to price your work and how to work with clients productively.
Details
Presented in collaboration with A Story to Tell.
This workshop will be Auslan interpreted.
You will learn
- what ghostwriting is
- about the types and potential sources of ghostwriting work
- about the business of ghostwriting, including pricing, contracts, etc
- tips for collaboration with clients, including some good tools for doing so
- the ghostwriting workflow for a book: from enquiry to publication.
This workshop develops employment-related skills.
About David Brewster
David Brewster started writing for a living in 2008. He has ghostwritten over a dozen books and countless blog posts and articles, mostly for business clients. He has also gained substantial self-publishing experience. His most recent ghostwriting project was a memoir entitled ‘Scattered Pearls’ (2016).
Who you gonna call? You can check out our interview with David about the life of a ghostwriter on this website.
Winter School
Check out the other Winter School workshops going on in July 2016:
- Winter School – Poetry and the Past with Ali Alizadeh
- Winter School – Getting Your Manuscript Ready for Submission with Shivaun Plozza
- Winter School – Getting a Story Started with Amie Kaufman
- Winter School – The Narrative in Non-Fiction with Damon Young
- Winter School – Songwriting with Charles Jenkins
- Winter School – How to Run a Writing Event with Sam Twyford-Moore
- Winter School – YA with Fiona Wood
- Winter School – Ghostwriting with David Brewster
- Winter School – Blogging with Karen Andrews
- Winter School – On the Page with Clare Strahan
- Winter School – Historical Fiction with Kate Mildenhall
- Winter School – The Ethics of Using Real Stories in Fiction with Laura Jean McKay
- Winter School – Travel Writing with Kate J Armstrong
- Winter School – Fantasy and Magic Realism in Short Story with Leanne Hall
Venue:
Registration for this event ended on 11 July 2016 - 9:00