Saturday, August 18, 2018

The Rich And Enlightening Experience Of Memoirs Ghostwriting

By Shirley Reed


Most writers achieve only a shadow of what they intended while attending college. For most of us, newspapers, television, or online articles are the most we are likely to achieve, as we live in a world of hostile competition and slim opportunity. However, if one has the opportunity to conduct memoirs ghostwriting, it can take them right out of the mediocre, and catapult their career into a colorful new direction.

Sometimes we find a subject by accident, and that man or woman makes a generous offer for the opportunity to have their story told from their point of view. Sometimes a writer pursues the work themselves, and commits to this duty for a stipend, or less. No matter how the job is obtained, this writer must know that their role is a vital element in the telling of historical events.

Without free access to the home the job is nearly impossible to accomplish. In fact, sometimes the subject must issue their storyteller a temporary Limited Power of Attorney so that they are able to obtain any legal, medical, or historical documents which might be of a private or protected nature. Many a history teller has had to meticulously organize the documents, photographs, and other memorabilia in homes that can only be described as a hoard.

It might even be advantageous if the subject is bedridden. Elderly men and women often become enraged when they see someone going through their belongings, and this makes the job quite difficult. Even though they may have requested their services, and paid them a large retainer for same, actually witnessing a stranger in their attic can cause chaos in their heart.

Writers are cautioned about accepting the oral account only, as this exposes them to the possibility that their subject is lying or misrepresenting significant events in some way. Sometimes elderly people suffer dementia, and when their condition is revealed, the world disregards their story as being without credibility. Physical evidence such as photographs or journals are the only protection a writer has.

When the subject speaks with an accent, or uses some adulterated form of the language, the writer is encouraged to attempt to reflect this in his or her writing. In fact, writers such as Mark Twain are the reason we have the term, Creative License. When a ghostwriter successfully reflects the speaking style, accent, and character of their subject, they keep their readers entertained and engaged.

Anyone who is friend or kin to a ghostwriter might wish to keep tabs on them while they are in their writer limbo. Artists often suffer for their work, especially when their work requires them to truly experience events in their imagination so that they can describe vital details. This process is often stressful, and can actually cause post traumatic stress.

Only the brave may walk the hallways of history, as terrible events surely befell mankind in the wake of great triumph. Only a soldier of the written word dare cross the bridges that burned decades past. These terrible truths must be written with bitter-sweetness and beauty so that all of us can weep in wonderment at the exquisite beauty and horror of human beings.




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