Ghostwriter Diaries – The First Draft of Anything …

Ernest Hemingway said, “The first draft of anything is shit.”

Therein lies the eternal dilemma of the ghostwriter. Tight project schedules mean there’s very little time to write anything other than a first draft, before you submit it to the editing team.

That’s fine. The nature of the beast, really. Everyone on the team understands that myfirst submission isgoing to have some rough edges.Butno writer with any pridewants to submitanything to anyone unless it’s word-perfect (an impossible goal...