Chose ghostwriting over voicing audiobooks and now I'm actually making rent

I had to pick between writing scripts nobody hears and narrating books for $50 a pop, and I went with the silent gig. Three months in, I've got three regular clients and it beats talking into a mic for 8 hours straight. Anyone else ditch a more visible job for a behind-the-scenes one?

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kimfisher22d ago

Ghostwriting actually pays rent now? That's wild.

jakeb8112d ago

$500 for a weekend ghostwriting job was my rent back in 2019. I wrote this cheesy ebook for a guy who claimed to be a "business guru" but could barely spell two-syllable words. It pays surprisingly well for something that feels like I'm doing someone else's homework.

pat_stone22d ago

kimfisher wait til you hear about the ghostwriters who write memoirs for people who barely remember their own lives. like, someone paid me once to write a whole book about their 'amazing life story' but they kept forgetting what they did last weekend.