Nonfiction · Genre 2
Autobiography ghostwriting services pair you with a professional writer who interviews you, organizes your life into a story and drafts the whole book in the first person, as you. Your name goes on the cover, and you keep the copyright and every royalty.
Every stage, handled by people who read and work in the genre. Choose one service or let us manage the whole journey.
Most people who call us are not short on stories, and many have started a draft that stalled around chapter three. They are short on time, structure or confidence that anyone will read page 200. That is a fixable problem, and it is part of our wider ghostwriting services. Get a free consultation and we will talk through what your book could be.
An autobiography covers a whole life, usually in order, from early memories to the present. A memoir takes one slice of it, such as a career, an illness, a marriage or a year abroad, and examines it closely. Both are written in the first person and both are true, but they ask different things of the writer.
If your answer to "what is this book about?" is "my life," you want an autobiography. If your answer is "what happened when I lost the business" or "how I learned to walk again," a memoir will serve you better, and it is often the shorter, cheaper and more focused choice.
We will tell you honestly which one fits during your first call. Some clients start with an autobiography in mind and leave with a tightly shaped memoir. Others realize they need the full sweep, because the early chapters explain the later ones. Either way, the decision comes before the writing, not after.
Different lives raise different questions for readers, so we match the project to the kind of story you have to tell.
Readers want the person behind the public image. We find the moments you rarely talk about, shape them into scenes, and keep the tone yours rather than a publicist's. The result should read like you telling a friend the true version, not a press release with chapter breaks.
Campaigns, causes and community leadership make strong books when they are personal. We balance the record of what you did with the reasons you did it, and handle other people with care. A book like this lasts longer when it reads as honest rather than defensive.
Fans love game stories, but the best sports autobiographies are about what the game cost and gave. We pair the highlights with the training, the setbacks and the life after the final whistle. Retirement chapters are often where readers connect most.
Founders and executives often want a book that serves both as a life story and as a lesson. We keep the narrative front and center and let the insight rise out of it. If your goal is a pure advice book, our business book track fits better.
Your project manager coordinates every step, keeps the schedule and replies within one business day, so you always know where the book stands.
Memory is a creative writer. Two people who lived the same event will describe it differently, and your own recollection may shift between interviews. We note those gaps instead of smoothing them over, then check what can be checked against dates, letters, photographs and public records. Archives such as the Library of Congress are useful for confirming events and places.
Photographs and old letters help enormously. We ask you to gather whatever you have early, because a single dated postcard can settle an argument between three versions of the same summer.
Other people appear in your story, and some will not appreciate how they look. We talk early about names, composite characters and what to leave out. Where a passage touches living people, divorce, illness or legal disputes, we flag it for you to consider, and we encourage you to consult a lawyer before publication, especially if the text names anyone who could object. We are writers, not your legal counsel.
Memoir and personal-story ghostwriting starts from $4,900 and covers up to 35,000 words and 10 hours of interviews. A full-life autobiography often runs longer, and extra words, extra interview hours and heavy document research change the final fixed quote, which we write down before work begins. Milestone payments follow the stages above, so you pay as the book takes shape.
You can compare tiers on the pricing page. Be wary of any provider who quotes a tiny figure for a whole-life book without asking about length and interview hours, because the writing time has to come from somewhere. The Authors Guild publishes contract guidance worth reading before you sign with anyone.
Your life story stays private until you decide otherwise. A signed NDA is in place before work begins, and rights to the finished book pass to you on delivery, confirmed in writing at the start of the project. Milestone dates are set at kickoff, so you can see the pace of the whole project from the first week.
A full autobiography of 40,000 to 60,000 words typically takes 8 to 14 weeks to ghostwrite. Interview scheduling and how quickly you return feedback shape that range more than anything else, and the estimate assumes prompt reviews. Rush schedules are available for an additional fee, quoted up front.
That is the point of the interviews. Your writer listens to how you speak, your favorite words and your sense of humor, then writes the way you would on your best day. You review every chapter and tell us when a line is not you. We then adjust until it is. Most authors find the final book sounds more like them than they expected.
An autobiography tells a whole life in order. A memoir focuses on one theme or period. We help you choose before drafting starts.
No. Many of our clients are business owners, retired professionals and parents who want their story preserved. Fame matters if you want trade sales, but a good life story has value for family and community readers too.
You do. Copyright, credit and royalties belong to you, and we never take royalties. You can also register your work with the U.S. Copyright Office.
If you have been meaning to get your life down on paper, our autobiography ghostwriting services make it manageable. Get a free consultation, submit your manuscript if you already have pages, and see our book publishing services, book cover design services and the full range of genres we write.
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