what i charge

GHOSTWRITING fees in general

It's difficult to quote for this without knowing what you have in mind.

The time it will take me depends on many things, including the type and depth of the project, the level of research needed and my own familiarity with that area, any graphics or illustrations needed, along with your own availability for interview. 

ghost books

A book of between 75,000 and 90,000 words will take around six or seven months to write. It will cost between £35,000 and £50,000. 

A book proposal, useful for selling your story to agents and publisher, will take me between one and two months, and it willl cost between £5,000 and £10,000. 

ghost screenplays

Please read this page first.

A TV screenplay of one hour will take around three months, and will cost between £25,000 and £35,000.

A movie script of between seventy to one hundred minutes will take around six months and cost between £40,000 to £60,000.

Treatments, pitch decks and other pitching documents will need to be discussed, but should cost between £5,000 to £15,000. There may be additional fees for visual/graphics designers.

I can also do rewrites or polishes of existing scripts or pitching documents. Please contact me to discuss. I'd need to read what you have before I could comment.

ghost publishing

If you have a finished manuscript and you want to self-publish, I can help.

• I can find you a professional copy editor and proof reader to polish your manuscript till it sparkles.

• I can lay out the interior of the book to produce a clean, modern looking and genre-specific design.

• I can liaise with cover designers, and give you several cover options.

• I can take the final files and create the final book, working with good quality printers for paperback or hardback versions, or listing the digital version of the book on Amazon, Kobo, AppleBooks, Google Play, and other global internet book sellers' websites.

• I can help you create a professional looking publishing brand you will own completely.

Once again, the fee will depend on how expensive an editor and designer you choose, the quality of the printing you need, and the size and complexity of the book, but the price for this kind of all-inclusive package will probably end up somewhere between £3,000 to £10,000.

Other writing

I can help you with:

• Vision documents
• New website builds
• Rationalisation of old sites
• Any documents needed for mission reinvention
• Email sequences

Before we get to that point I'm happy to spend some proper time with you with no charge. That time is for discussing what exactly it is you want, and how best I can help you. (To give you an idea, my rate per word for this sort of thing is usually around £0.50.)