10 Reasons
For some intellectual gobbledegook, philosophical transcendentalism and corporate copy, please enjoy our 10 Reasons.
1. A Ghostwriting Studio. We will join you at any stage on your writing journey with our broad approach to creative writing. First draft or blank page? We host workshops, meet for one-to-ones and online group hangouts. We will lead you through a development process that combines the best parts of screenplay development from the film industry and the traditional editorials system of book publishing. In lots of ways, LGC is the first of its kind – a ghostwriting studio run by a lively bunch of writers – trained to guide clients toward their publishing goals.
2. A Love of Books (and hard work). We love books! With an overwhelming number of writing and publishing services now available to first time authors, it can be difficult to choose the right ghost, the right editor. The London Ghostwriting Company is forward moving in this new digital age but rooted in the traditional qualities we believe publishing should be about – hard work and a love of literature. We are bringing experience and development solutions forward for our clients the good old-fashioned way, which does not cut corners and commits to continuous improvement on all projects due to our respect and love for good books and the literary tradition. With a genuine dedication to the craft, our pledge is to work with a client and on a project until it reaches its ultimate potential.
3. Trust and Delivery. We understand the need to handle your life’s work with care, and therefore provide a welcoming place to discuss your project with dependable, competent, and trustworthy folk who are committed. After years of hearing ‘I need a really good writer,’ LGC are pens-at-the-ready – a working team of experienced professionals keen to deliver. With us, you don’t just get a face on the internet, but a company of seasoned pros: researchers, editors and ghostwriters with decades scribbling in the game. We have the credentials, we will deliver, we just need your story. Your story, your book.
4. What and Where. We want to know ‘what’ your book is exactly and then ‘where’ in the market we are going with it. Where in the publishing industry are we leading you? Getting clear on your publishing goals is a key part to our process as well as finding out exactly what the book is – its theme and soul. A good ghostwriter or editor will always help you find the true theme to your story, help you find out what it is really about and help you unpack and intellectualise (in a jargon-free way) the meaning and the theme in the style and form you want – and marrying this with your publishing goals.
5. A Transformational Writing Experience. Art and philosophy when applied help us transcend our conflicts. Create, therefore, or be lost, become a monster, ‘A non-writing writer is a monster courting insanity’ (Kafka). Writing is imperative to one’s existence as it helps a person to understand that on some level everything is story—because all is pattern forming—all is concept, all is story. We journey with you through this process of transforming concepts, of recontextualising, where things you were once stuck on transform, alchemise. Story Specialists are Magical Alchemists. Due to the way the intellect interprets happenings, myths form. A good storyteller will understand this. A professional writer can create because of this. Whether a memoir or reality bending sci fi – if you dream it, we will build it. Characters, stories, worlds, different realms: these things are all outlets for us to channel contained energy—we are alchemists, for all energy does is change form.
“But I will write in spite of everything, absolutely; it is my struggle for self-preservation.” ~ Franz Kafka, Diaries
6. Your Book, Your Map, Your Legacy. All people are creative, but many struggle to find an outlet for their project to grow. Unfulfilled, we dream, ruminate, go mad, or simply go to waste. This is unnecessary. It is not about dreaming, it is about animating the dream, leaving footprints for others to follow. These are signs of your significance, your signature. Leaving behind a body of work is a worthy life to have led, like maps for others to follow. To leave behind a body of work that you saw an end to is a deeply satisfying life to have led. Like Bilbo, it is important to finish your book. Many people carry a heavy weight in the form of an unrealised idea, or a patchy first draft, and they need author services to help them clear the work. We understand this and that your project needs to be handled with sensitivity, consideration, and patience, which is what we promise to facilitate as we help you leave something remarkable behind.
7. The Force. The trap of becoming an expert student, critic or bystander can be avoided by engaging in the creative process; the Doing, the Action. The movement of this creative energy, ‘The force that through the green fuse drives the flower’. We have you join us in this process and guide you through it. We set you tasks and work with you as co-writers. This creative process precipitates self-expression and generates new levels of self-understanding, perception, and experience.
8. Not Slapdash! Our company ethos ensures that projects are going out at the highest possible level. Whether they are being submitted to agents or to our clients – we believe in high level edits. Contributing as much as we can to the reader and being of service to the writing community is a big deal for us and ensures your project is well realised and not slapdash!
9. Not Stopping! We play the long game, don’t quit and go the distance. If this means the project needs to go back again for another round of submissions, another appraisal, another line-edit – so be it. Our goal is to create the book you want and achieve your publishing goals and this requires a long-term commitment to you and the project to work things forward into the industry the right way by not stopping – it’s a marathon and not a sprint and so we target agents and publishers internationally for our clients until we secure the right deal and we don’t stop until we have success.
10. Memory. We form meaningful relationships through cooperation with others as we move toward common goals. To work with one another in the pursuit of something worthwhile is to experience relationships in the profound way people yearn for. To do this creatively is memorable. In fact, there is nothing else quite so meaningful. The ghostwriting process is a creatively intense and challenging endeavour. When both parties are committed and the intentions are sincere, great books can get written this way.
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