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How to Write Every Day

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write-everydayWrite more and you will become a better writer, more proficient and more productive. But the benefits of writing every day go beyond honing your writing skills.

I know that I think better, and I function better, when I write regularly.

Writing clarifies my thinking. Taking the random bits that are floating around my head and putting them on the page is incredibly helpful.

When you write a lot, you have to come up with ideas to write about. That causes you to pay more attention to what is happening around you. Suddenly, everything you see, hear and experience becomes something you can write about.

Writing every day creates discipline. Doing anything every day will cause you to become more disciplined, but writing is especially powerful.

There are lots of ways to get in the writing habit. Here are some things that work for me, and that might work for you, too.
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Should You Hire a Ghostwriter?

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need-a-ghostwriterWe are definitely in the information age. With the Internet and self-publishing at an all-time high, more people are interested in looking into the possibility of hiring a ghostwriter. The more content you can produce online, the better chance you have of making a substantial income using the Internet. Hiring a ghostwriter might be the best thing for you, or it might not be necessary at all. How do you know whether you need to hire a ghostwriter?

One of the main reasons why you might want to hire a ghostwriter is if you’re not a good writer. Not everyone is a good writer, so don’t try to make yourself into one if you’re not. If you absolutely abhor the thought of having to sit down and write a book or even an article, you would benefit from the services of a trained ghostwriter. If you have terrible spelling skills and you don’t know much about grammar, this is another reason why you might want to hire a ghostwriter.
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Where Can I Hire Good Writers?

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find-writersA recent post about ghostwriters caused some readers to ask where they could find people to write for them. Here are some tips and resources to help you hire writers.

Creating enough content to keep your blog current, post to social media and create new products can be hard, especially if you are trying to do it all yourself. If you are finding it hard to keep up, maybe it is time to hire some writers.

It’s hard to find people who can write, especially if you want people to write in your voice. That can be darn near impossible. But here are some suggestions on where you might be able to find some people to do some writing for you at different price points.

If you want really, really cheap writers, yes, you can get really, really cheap writers. They’re not necessarily going to be good and reliable. So consider that part of what is going to determine the quality of the writing you get is how much you pay.

Paying a lot doesn’t guarantee that you get good writing, but paying very little almost guarantees you’re not going to get very good writing.

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What is a Ghostwriter?

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ghost-writerYou’ve probably heard the term ghostwriter before, but you may not be altogether sure what a ghostwriter is and what they do. The word ghostwriter sounds pretty mysterious, but the idea behind it is simply that the writer is a ghost that can’t be seen.

A ghostwriter is a trained writer who will create your content for you and give up all rights to it upon payment. Once you have paid your ghostwriter, they will have no rights to the content and you are free to use it as you wish. You can edit it in any way and even put your name on it as the author. When you’re hiring content to be written on your behalf, you probably want to put your own name on it. In order to do this, you need to hire a ghostwriter.

A ghostwriter stays in the background and doesn’t take credit for the content, although they may sometimes be acknowledged. When you see a book by a celebrity written by the celebrity “and” someone else or “with” someone else, you can be sure that the someone else is the ghostwriter who did all or almost all of the writing. Charles Barkley famously claimed that he was “misquoted” in his autobiography and that he had not even read it before publication.

Once you realize how common ghostwriting is, you probably won’t ever look the same way at books in the bookstore! Believe it or not, many books have had the participation of a ghostwriter for all or at least part of the book.
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