John Lynch – Ghostwriter

You've got a story to tell and you need someone to tell it. I'm glad we've met - telling other people's stories in a way that people will want to read them is what I do.

My breakthrough year was 1989 when I sold my first book, my first article and my first short story . I signed my first ghost writing contract the following year. Since then I've ghost written more than 60 full length fiction and non-fiction books published with other people's names on the cover and 9 of my own. Some of those ghosted books have spent weeks in the Top 10 of Amazon charts and 5 have been optioned for movies/TV. I also write scripts for YouTube videos. Seven years in North America means I write American English as fluently as the British kind.

AI

AI has become prominent in discussions about writing, whether fiction or anything else, so I’m going to state here my policy on the use of AI tools in my work. I use AI when the writing is complete to test things like:

Have I left any brackets or speech marks unclosed?

Have I spelt the same name in different ways in different parts of the work?

Have I used a hyphenated word and also used the same word without a hyphen?

Have I capitalized a word in one place and use the same word uncapitalized in another?

Those are examples: there are a number of other checks that AI can carry out very efficiently. When I’m writing in American English, I also use AI to make sure that I am complying with the latest edition of the Chicago Manual of Style.

I do NOT use AI for any of the following:

To form or expand on plots and outlines.

To generate worldviews and/or characters.

To write the work I will be submitting to the client. Everything I write comes out of my own head and my own imagination. (And yours, of course: it's your book and I never forget that).

I’m aware that AI has a growing following, and if you are looking for someone to use AI in writing your book I wish you every success with your project, but I am probably not the ghostwriter you should be considering. On the other hand, if you’ve used AI in the preparation of your own outlines, your own worldviews and/or your own characters but understand that, if you employ me, I will not use AI to convert those inputs to a finished book, feel free to make contact.