Many ghostwriting and editing sites offer you the opportunity to select a writer or editor from thousands (or tens of thousands) of listings of people who are allegedly highly qualified professionals. This is more than a bit misleading. There are not tens of thousands of highly qualified ghostwriters in the United States--and probably not in the entire world.
Let's look at ghostwriters first. Ghostwriting is certainly used by the publishing industry, but writing books is a tough, challenging occupation. It takes a unique talent to write a book, and writing a really great book is beyond the abilities of even those with decent writing skills. Fifteen to twenty years ago, there were probably a few hundred ghostwriters in the United States. The Internet has now created thousands, and their number is growing daily. But why?
Consider the above: people with "decent writing skills" think they can make big money at ghostwriting. I've known quite a few English teachers in my life, and I have encountered only one or two who had the potential to actually pen a good book.
When it comes to editing, a majority of people can't spot the errors in their own writing let alone the writing of others. I'll discuss the qualifications that ghostwriters and editors need in later posts, but suffice to say for now that there are definitely not tens of thousands of "qualified" ghostwriters and editors to choose from.
~William Hammett
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