Over the years, everything has gone digital and everyone
‘connected’ with unprecedented means. Technology has overshadowed ways of
traditional transmissions. In today’s world, broadcasting has become all-time
multipurpose. So much so, that even written texts have witnessed ‘newfangled’
transfigurations, especially when it comes to world of entertainment.
Currently, there’s no network medium that doesn’t engages its
audience with stipulation of words and phrases. All sorts of writing techniques
are used to grab the attention of the audience. And who could do better than
the celebrities?! They attract their supporters with their ‘signature’ voice,
while personality comes naturally as an afterglow. So now you know! How much
celebrities “fame” survival rates rests on the shoulders of writers –
ghostwriters.
Ghostwriters are a lifeline of celebrities in these modern times.
Together with contemporary fashions, writing styles have also gone with
all-the-rage touches. Currently, celebrity
ghostwriting service is one of the most avant-garde
service offered by online ghostwriter’s company California based writers.
Before diving into the topic to discuss platforms where celebrities
spend most of their times. Let’s answer the aforesaid question, “Why
celebrities require ghostwriting services?” The instructive reply comes by
checking on the life of ‘Kardashians,’ and their lifestyles continuously shown
under the camera’s spotlight. They’re well-known lives have always been under
the limelight of paparazzi ghostwriters. These dedicated (writer) enthusiasts
have published ‘Kardashian-related’ works magazines as well as online.
1. Ghostwriters for Celebrities Social
Media accounts
With the advent of social media networking, celebrities have
engaged in these social platforms like no other. Taking full-time advantage of
their “blue-ticked” verified accounts/pages, they’re making the most of their
online presence.
Top-3 major social networking platforms among celebrities are
Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. Ghostwriters offer extensive services on
these platforms accordingly. Cleverly written killer two-liners for the
microblogging platform (Twitter), image captions for Instagram, and zealous posting
on Facebook. A few prominent personalities on Twitter are Barack Obama,
Cristiano Ronaldo, Justin Bieber, Rihanna, Katy Perry, and Lady Gaga, to name a
few.
Ultimately, famous have joined forces on YouTube as well. Most of
them use USA based ghostwriting services to overcome standstills in making
high-quality content for YouTube. Here’s a list of famous stars with most
YouTube subscribers:
- Will Smith – 9.33 M.
- Dwayne Johnson – 5.62 M.
- Ryan Reynolds – 2.67 M.
- Ashley Tisdale – 1.85 M.
- Zac Efron – 1.43 M.
- Jeanette McCurdy – 517 K.
2. Celebrities hire Ghostwriters for
writing their award-winning Speeches
No wonder celebrities hire ghostwriters when it comes to deliver an
outstanding speech on stage. Almost every single one of us have listened to
inspiring spur-of-the-moments during film academy awards. When actors and
actresses receive heartwarming ‘woohs’ and clattering claps from the audience.
Hence, there are high chances ghostwriters are involved in putting those
gimmicky time-honored catchwords in place – for triumphing podiums.
Even if it wasn’t the case in the past, but these days ghostwriters
are available in close proximity to celebs and other bigwigs. There’s not a
single chance they’ll miss to collect a hefty check. Statements made on stage
might be a ghostwriter’s “magnum opus” speech stunt at the vocals of a famous
personality. Here are a few all-time best Oscar Speeches ever recorded:
- Sally Field – Place in the
Heart, 1985.
- Cuba Gooding Jr – Jerry
Maguire, 1997.
- Robin Williams – Good Will
Hunting, 1998.
- Roberto Benigni – Life is
Beautiful, 1999.
- Julia Roberts – Erin
Brockovich, 2000.
- Melissa Leo – The Fighter,
2011.
- Cate Blanchett – Blue
Jasmine, 2014.
- Matthew McConaughey – Dallas
Buyers Club, 2014.
3. Celebrity Hire Biography Ghostwriters
Among ghostwriters, the richest writers are probably biography
writers. Such writers spend of their times reading about past and present
eminent figures who brought revolutionary changes to the world. Writing memoirs
help ghostwriters collect royalties from publishers who under agreement pledge
to give a certain amount on every book (biography) sale.
On average, royalties calculated are directly proportional to total
book sales, sold in a specific time period. Royalties are somewhere between 5%
to 20%. Standard royalties for physical book are 15% while an eBook generates a
substantial 25% for accumulated sales.
A few famous books written or co-authored by ghostwriters include
Alexandre Dumas in The Three Musketeers, and The Count of Monte Cristo,
Children’s book Goosebumps authored by R. L. Stine, Ronald Reagan’s ‘An
American Life’ autobiography, Tom Clancy, and Ian Fleming’s James Bond
franchise.
Even business books written by ghostwriters are prominent among
readers. A few noteworthy mentions include Stephen Covey’s “The 7 Habits of
Highly Effective People” co-written with Ken Shelton, Lee Iaccoca and William
Novak co-authored Iaccoca, and Jack: Straight from the Gut by Jack Welch and
John Byrne.
4. Ghostwriters write Movie Scripts of
Celebrities
Another wild guess is that celebrities have their hired
ghostwriters that determine scripts for their upcoming movies. Not for a novice
entry afresh to the Hollywood motion-pictures realm of course, but those who’ve
spent decades in the world’s biggest entertainment industry. Similarly, there
are spokesperson for well-known actors and actresses, and who knows they’re not
ghostwriters in disguise.
5. Famous People who hired Ghostwriting
Services
This distinguishable enlists superstars and political big shots.
This list includes former president John F. Kennedy, renowned illusionist Harry
Houdini, English singer/songwriter Elton John, USA’s most celebrated former
president Barack Obama, American novelist
V. C. Andrews, and Hilary Duff, among others.
6. How much celebrity writers earn?
Ghostwriters earn dollars in huge caches when it comes to write for
celebrities. They earn around $20,000 to $50,000 USD per project (events) to
cover for their client(s) aka celebrities. An exclusive Celebrity Ghostwriting
agency makes more money in comparison to other USA based ghostwriter agencies.
As a beginner, a writer earns about $5000 to $7000 for writing a biography for
celebs in a span of six months or so.
Subsequently, celebrity-based writers
online services have grown exponentially, and we’re seeing a drastic shift of
conventional professional ghostwriting agencies. They’re
hiring specialist writers fond of linguistic taste for writing entertainment
related stuff, and fetch celebrity lives in text form like no other.