Ghostwriter School is Now Open: Learn How to Write for a Living

Jumpstart Your Career in Ghostwriting

Even if you’ve never been paid to write before and have no special degrees.

You can get paid to ghostwrite.

Does this sound familiar...

You've always been interested in writing but have been told that no one really makes money writing. Or maybe writing has eluded you because you’ve never been paid to write or don’t know where to start. Learn the skills to become a ghostwriter with Ghostwriter School.

Every day, people just like you are getting paid
to ghostwrite.


It's not that they have something that you don't...

  • They aren’t smarter than you…

  • Or working harder than you…

  • They don’t have more time than you…

  • And many of them don’t have a degree in writing or experience writing…

They’re regular people who decided they were going to do something they’ve always wanted to do…  

Write for a living.

We’ve heard from a lot of aspiring writers… Some of them told us they were an exception -- that they wouldn’t be able to ghostwrite because they’ve never been paid to write before.


But they weren’t the exception… 

And neither are you.

Success is possible for you, too.

You just need the right system, formula, and actions to make it happen. 

What Students are Saying

Here is what some of our students have to say about Ghostwriter School.

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Brilliant

Njalalle Baraza

Subtle but important hints throughout that change your thinking about writing. Highly recommended. Keep up the good work Nick.

Subtle but important hints throughout that change your thinking about writing. Highly recommended. Keep up the good work Nick.

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Love Ghostwriter School

Michelle Bynum

Great information! It really answered questions I didn't even know to ask. Can't wait to put everything into action.

Great information! It really answered questions I didn't even know to ask. Can't wait to put everything into action.

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An amazing course for budding ghostwriters!

Kent Sanders

I'm almost finished with the course and have taken around 15,000 words' worth of notes. Yes, it is that good! There is so much great information about writin...

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I'm almost finished with the course and have taken around 15,000 words' worth of notes. Yes, it is that good! There is so much great information about writing faster, working with clients, how to plan a book, the business of ghostwriting, and so much more. Nick, thank you for creating this fantastic resource for ghostwriters!

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Excellent, professional course!

Laura Rodriguez

Nick presents practical, powerful, information that is easy to grasp, follow, and implement.

Nick presents practical, powerful, information that is easy to grasp, follow, and implement.

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Great content. Love the Live interviews too.

Debi McBride

Looking forward to chowing down on some real meat to use. Have to save a Five Star for after I am 1/2 way into the course. The course is very fulfilling with...

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Looking forward to chowing down on some real meat to use. Have to save a Five Star for after I am 1/2 way into the course. The course is very fulfilling with detailed content.

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recurring revenue and additional services

Angela Wood

Nick is good at getting you to think about other ways to become good at what you want to do. He gives you the seed and then tells you how to grow it. A lot o...

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Nick is good at getting you to think about other ways to become good at what you want to do. He gives you the seed and then tells you how to grow it. A lot of the speaker, training and media is not what I am looking to do. Although, what Nick has talked about certainly gives me an insight into what is available and has got me thinking about articles.

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Fiction training

Jeanette Sneed

Cortney Donelson's information was very informative and as a fiction writer with two books, I found some of what she said will be most helpful in the future....

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Cortney Donelson's information was very informative and as a fiction writer with two books, I found some of what she said will be most helpful in the future. Thanks for sharing.

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Where have you been all my blogging life?

Jackie Marie .

I can't believe how much content is in here the templates are amazing. This is my 6th online class on how to succeed online and it's by far the BEST and MOST...

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I can't believe how much content is in here the templates are amazing. This is my 6th online class on how to succeed online and it's by far the BEST and MOST AFFORDABLE besides!

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What you will learn in Ghostwriter School

David Price

Excellent way of laying out the agenda and why we will do these steps

Excellent way of laying out the agenda and why we will do these steps

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Can you imagine a life where you actually get to do what you’ve always wanted to do... For a living?

Here’s what I gained from my ghostwriting side hustle that grew enough to allow me to quit my full-time lawyer job:

  • More time with my family

  • The ability to make a real difference in people’s lives

  • I get paid to read other people’s books

  • I get paid to write … for a living!

How could your life look different if you take action on your writing dream, too?

My name is Nick!

I was a lawyer for 13 years and then I realized…

I wanted to make a real difference in the world. I wanted more time with my family. I didn’t want to be tied to an office for late nights and long weekends.

That’s why I started Ghostwriting.

I traded in my six-figure salary for ghostwriting. When I got started I had very little writing experience or connections to the ghostwriting world.

I had no training. I had no blueprint. I had to figure it all out on my own.

And within 8 months of getting my first client, I was making enough money to quit my lawyer job for good. 

Introducing...

Ghostwriter School

The authoritative curriculum you need to learn how to ghostwrite for a living. 


Here’s what you get:

Course Curriculum

  • 1

    Introduction

    • Why Ghostwriting?

    • What You'll Learn in Ghostwriter School

  • 2

    Getting Started: A Simple Ghostwriting Business Plan

    • Getting the Most Out of Your Schedule

    • Getting the Most out of your Schedule (Fillable PDF Workbook)

    • Getting Started With a Tight Budget

    • Getting Started with a Tight Budget (Fillable PDF Workbook)

    • Five Steps to Starting a Profitable Ghostwriting Business

    • Developing the Right Goals for Your Ghostwriting Business

    • Developing the Right Goals for Your Ghostwriting Business (Fillable PDF Workbook)

    • Choosing a Profitable Niche

    • The Only 3 People You Need to Keep Your Ghostwriting Pipeline Full

    • Finding Your First (and Future) Clients

    • Scripts to announce your business, help people make referrals, and get referrals on the phone.

    • Building the Right Ghostwriting Resume Fast

    • Identifying the Right Writing Tools to Get Started

    • Sample Ghostwriting Business Plan

    • Sample Ghostwriting Business Plan (Video Tutorial)

    • Sample Ghostwriting Business Plan Instructions

    • Getting Your Spouse on Board (And Helping Clients Do the Same) (See Text of the Lesson)

  • 3

    Growing: Mastering Your Marketing

    • Forget Everything You Learned About Marketing from College or Business School

    • Marketing as an Introvert

    • Marketing through Public Speaking

    • Marketing through Social Media

    • Marketing through Networking Groups

    • Marketing through Masterminds

    • Marketing in Your Comfort Zone

    • Planning a Podcast to Generate Ghostwriting Leads

  • 4

    Working With Ghostwriting Clients

    • Choosing the Right Clients for Long Term Success

    • Setting Your Prices

    • How to Get Information from Clients

    • Structuring the Business Relationship

    • Sample Ghostwriting Agreement

    • Sample Book Coaching Contract

    • Client Interview with Tommy Breedlove on Working With a Ghostwriter, Building a Ghostwriting Business, and More

  • 5

    Wordsmith Mastery: How to Write Amazing Content (and Fast)

    • Book Writing Checklist

    • How to Write an Amazing Book

    • FORM: The Exact Book Planning Template I Use in my Ghostwriting Business

    • FORM: Interview Release Form

    • FORM: Rapid Social Media Content Creation Spreadsheet

    • FORM: How to Prepare and Present a Book Outline to Your Client

    • Article Planning Template

    • Writing Social Content

    • How to Write Amazing Articles

    • Using Artificial Intelligence to Write Articles

    • How to Prepare an Article for Delivery to Your Client

    • 2 Ways to Produce Content Faster

    • FORM: Content Planning Template

    • Writing Tools and Resources

    • Using Hemingway Editor to Improve Your Writing

  • 6

    Google Suite Productivity with Dara Sklar

    • Productivity Sorcery to Save Hours and Make More Money as a Ghostwriter Using Google Suite

  • 7

    Fiction Training with Cortney Donelson from Morgan James Publishing

    • Part 1: The Publishing Landscape

    • Part 2: Ghostwriting Fiction

    • Part 3: Fiction Writing

    • Resources Mentioned and Contact Information

  • 8

    Publishing: Getting Your Clients' (and Your Own) Books Accepted by a Publisher with David Hancock, CEO of Morgan James Publishing

    • Getting Your Clients' (and Your Own) Books Accepted by a Publisher with David Hancock, CEO of Morgan James Publishing

  • 9

    Recurring Revenue, Additional Services, and Other Ways to Grow Your Income and Scale Your Business

    • Earning Recurring Revenue Through Strategic Partnerships

    • Earning Recurring Revenue Through Subscriptions

    • Creating Products You Can Do Once and Sell Over and Over and Over and Over and Over Again....

    • Tools and Resources to Help You Scale Your Writing

    • Copywriting for Yourself and Others with Anika Watkins

  • 10

    How to Create A Successful and Easy Referral System that Works Non-Stop

    • How to Create A Successful and Easy Referral System that Works Non-Stop

  • 11

    Accounting and Bookkeeping for Ghostwriters with Kristin Ingram, CPA

    • Accounting and Bookkeeping for Ghostwriters with Kristin Ingram, CPA

  • 12

    Websites for Ghostwriters with Julia Taylor

    • Website Training

  • 13

    Project Management Training and Trello Boards

    • Book Project Trello Board and Instructions

    • Article Project Trello Board and Instructions

  • 14

    Ghostwriting Business Resources

    • Resource List (Dynamic)

  • 15

    John Lee Dumas on Picking a Niche and Landing Clients

    • John Lee Dumas Interview About Picking Your Niche and Landing Clients

  • 16

    Mindset and Imposter Syndrome

    • Mindset and Imposter Syndrome Exercises with Kelli Anderson

  • 17

    Ghostwriter Growth Week Live 2020

    • Day 1: Writing That Sells (Monday Session)

    • Day 1 Recap and Day 2 Preview

    • Day 2: Planning Articles: A Live Client Demo with Chris Tuff (Tuesday)

    • Day 3: Book Planning and Outlining Session

    • Main Event: Tying it All Together to Build a Stable, Profitable Business

  • 18

    2020 Self-Publishing Conference — Podfest Global Summit

    • 1. Introduction to Self-Publishing for Impact and Income

    • 2. David Hancock: CEO of Morgan James Publishing on What Self-Published Authors Can Do to Succeed

    • 3. Planning a Book that Sets You Up For Success

    • 4. Making Money From Your Book Before Its Ever Written with Sarah Tuff Dunn

    • 5. Editing and Turning Your Manuscript into a Book with Jennifer Harshman (Layout, Cover, etc.)

    • 6. Marketing Your Self Published Book - Michael Stawicki

    • 7. Tying It All Together — Master Plan to Self-Publish With Success

    • FULL 4-Hour Video (Content Starts at 3:45) 2020 Self-Publishing Mini Conference — Podfest Global Summit

  • 19

    Self-Publishing Conference: Podfest 2021

    • How Self-Publishing a Book Can Help You Grow Your Brand and Business — with Nick Pavlidis

    • How to Turn Your Book Into a Bigger Business with S.A. Grant

    • Planning a Book that Sets You Up for Success with Nick Pavlidis

    • The Power of Having a Book and a Podcast with Melanie Johnson

    • Out-of-the-Box Promotion Ideas for Your Book with Adria Wilkins

    • Digital Marketing for Books with Brittany Long

  • 20

    Black Friday 2020 Bonuses

    • Hired by High-End Clients

    • Podcast Power

    • Pricing Guide for Ghostwriters

  • 21

    January 2022 Free Training Replay

    • Free Training Session from January 2022 (Part 1)

    • Free Training Session from January 2022 (Part 2)

Two Enrollment Levels

  • Ghostwriter School

    Ghostwriter School includes everything in the course outline, plus six-month access to the community. $2,999

  • Ghostwriter School + Elite

    Get everything that comes with Ghostwriter School +PLUS exclusive access to the elite community $2,999 +$97/mo

Stop wasting time like I did trying to figure it on your own or pushing off becoming a highly-paid ghostwriter because you don’t know how… with Ghostwriter School you have the definitive training on ghostwriting -- from a ghostwriting pro who knows what it takes!


You can say goodbye to the questions and obstacles that have been holding you back because now you’ll have an entire community backing you up.


You can start earning a living from your writing so you can do more of what you love.


You can ghostwrite on a schedule that works for you -- even if you already have a career doing something else, have children at home that you take care of, or have other obligations that keep you busy.


Guarantee

  • You get 30 days to go through the course and start putting into practice what you’re learning. If within that timeframe you don’t think ghostwriting is for you, send me an email and I’ll cancel your enrollment and refund your money. It’s that easy.

Frequently Asked Questions

  • How much time is required?

    You can get started with as little or as much time as you want. When Nick got started, he was working about 15 hours a week. It’s more important to be consistent with whatever time you have than to have a lot of time. If you set aside 10-15 hours a week, that’s plenty of time to build momentum. Slow and steady always wins the race.

  • When can I expect to start making money from ghostwriting?

    That depends on a number of factors, such as how much time you have to dedicate to ghostwriting and how much action you take on a consistent basis to implement the teachings. Some Ghostwriter School students find clients right away. Others take longer, choosing to go through all the course materials before they even start looking for clients. In Ghostwriter School, we teach you how to identify the opportunities right under your nose to start making money as a ghostwriter. We find that many people are just a few degrees of separation from their first clients. Setting aside time to build your business and working on it consistently during that time will help you build momentum, though.

  • How is this different than freelance writing?

    Freelance writing is very different from ghostwriting. With freelance writing, the writers generally look to get paid by multiple organizations to write content for them under their own name, generally focusing on articles. Pay tends to be lower for freelance writing. Many clients use content mills to source articles, making writers compete on price often. With ghostwriting, the writer creates content for clients to use as their own. The writer’s name doesn’t appear on the content. Content types range from social media to articles and books. Pay for ghostwriting is generally much higher than with freelance writing. The content is often much more rewarding, as the ghostwriter can be more selective with the types of projects they work on. And, by building an independent ghostwriting business you don’t concern yourself with content mills. You focus your time working with clients and earning their referrals. In fact, since starting his ghostwriting business, Nick has spent a TOTAL of NO time sourcing clients on content mills and $21.55 on advertising.

  • Do I have to be an extrovert to get clients?

    Absolutely not. Most of our Ghostwriter School students are introverts (Nick’s a secret introvert, too.). And after the first few clients you impress, your clients will likely be your best source of new referrals, as their fiends, family members, and colleagues ask them “how did you do it?” In Ghostwriter School, we teach you many ways to find clients in your comfort zone. From simple conversations with people you know to using your writing skills to open doors, introverts have many ways to find clients.

  • How much can I earn?

    Again, it depends. When just starting out, we recommend charging at least $5,000 per book, although many people suggest starting out much higher. We’ve had multiple students land five-figure projects within six months of getting started and many more earn well into four figures per project. The type of writing you want to do also matters. Writing non-fiction books is the easiest way to earn a lot of money, with fees for talented but entry-level ghostwriters exceeding $10,000 and hitting $50,000 or more per book for more experienced ghostwriters. Your ultimate income will be determined by your mix of services (articles, social media, books, etc.), your focus (fiction vs. nonfiction), how much time you dedicate to ghostwriting (Do you write 4 books per year? 10?), and other factors. The best way to make good money as a ghostwriter is to take yourself and your profession seriously and serve your clients well. That will open up doors for more and better projects.

  • What if I’m not successful?

    We strongly believe that the best way to achieve a bright future is to create it. That’s why we put everything we know about building a professional ghostwriting business in Ghostwriter School. We also show you how to measure progress so you know you’re on the right track because taking slow, smart, steady steps forward is the best way to succeed—by far. That said, when you join Ghostwriter School, you get 30 days to see if ghostwriting is for you. If within that timeframe you don’t think ghostwriting is the right fit, send me an email and I’ll promptly cancel your enrollment and refund your money. It’s that easy.

  • What kind of support can I get if I get stuck?

    When you join Ghostwriter School, you don’t just sign up for learning, you also get to benefit from a growing community of ghostwriters in our free Facebook group. Post any questions you have in there for people all around the world to see and help. The Ghostwriter School team is in there answering questions all the time, too. We also offer an upgraded enrollment where you can submit questions for a weekly live Q&A and a small-group community for only Ghostwriter School students called Ghostwriter School Elite.

  • What special equipment do I need to be a ghostwriter?

    None. If you have a laptop with a good internet connection, you have everything you need. You don’t need special writing software. All the hardware and software you need besides a laptop and stable internet connection is free.

Enroll in Ghostwriter School today and jumpstart your ghostwriting career.