What are your views on ghostwriting?

[alakazam]

Ghostwriting is the act of being paid to write literature (fiction, biography etc.) for another person, so that said person may publish it with their name, as their own work. There are some writers who, because of being pressed by publishing companies to come up with sequels for their novels, prefer to hire a novice writer or a creative writing student to write the work and pay them good money to give them the complete rights over it.

What are your views on ghostwriting? Are you pro- or against it?

 

[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

Hmm, I suppose I dont have a strong enough opinion on this to care either way, but if both parties are in agreement, and the reader gets a quality book to read, there is no harm done.

 

[Evil Eye]

It's false advertising I guess. Though if the book's any good it doesn't matter too much.

 

[DrLeftover]

I won't do it.

I got burned a couple of times by a couple of newspapers when they'd add one line to a piece, and then credit it as From Staff Writers.... "no byline, no payment for the article" ... which amounts to the same thing.

If I want 'ghost writing' I'll find somebody that does REAL ghost writing...

Automatic Writing

With pen in hand, the writer sits back, attempts to clear his mind, and waits for the pen, seemingly, to take on a life of its own. Although autography, meaning in one's own handwriting, is the least accurate synonym for automatic writing, both spirit writing and psychography fit in some applications. Spiritualists believe that automatic writing is a form of spirit contact with the living; hence the name "spirit writing". Others believe that automatic writing is the elimination of mental censorship and the ability to tap the thoughts of the unconscious mind (psychography).

Proponents who believe that automatic writing is a spirit contact cite differences in penmanship between the normal handwriting of the person who holds the pen and the material that is written. However, some spiritualists believe that automatic writing can take other forms than handwriting. For instance, poet James Merrill (1926–1995) is most famous for his collection of poetry, The Changing Light at Sandover (1982), which he claimed were inspired through spirit guide messages obtained through a Ouija board.

http://www.paranormal-encyclopedia.com/a/automatic-writing/

 

[alakazam]

I won't do it.

I got burned a couple of times by a couple of newspapers when they'd add one line to a piece, and then credit it as From Staff Writers.... "no byline, no payment for the article" ... which amounts to the same thing.

If I want 'ghost writing' I'll find somebody that does REAL ghost writing...

Automatic Writing

With pen in hand, the writer sits back, attempts to clear his mind, and waits for the pen, seemingly, to take on a life of its own. Although autography, meaning in one's own handwriting, is the least accurate synonym for automatic writing, both spirit writing and psychography fit in some applications. Spiritualists believe that automatic writing is a form of spirit contact with the living; hence the name "spirit writing". Others believe that automatic writing is the elimination of mental censorship and the ability to tap the thoughts of the unconscious mind (psychography).

Proponents who believe that automatic writing is a spirit contact cite differences in penmanship between the normal handwriting of the person who holds the pen and the material that is written. However, some spiritualists believe that automatic writing can take other forms than handwriting. For instance, poet James Merrill (1926–1995) is most famous for his collection of poetry, The Changing Light at Sandover (1982), which he claimed were inspired through spirit guide messages obtained through a Ouija board.

http://www.paranormal-encyclopedia.com/a/automatic-writing/

Dude... what?

 

[~KAGE-008]

Ghostwriting affects small writers. This is why I'm against it for the most part.