Should Freelance Writer's take Ghost Writing Jobs?

 Are Ghost Writing Jobs Worth It?

Ghost writing jobs for freelance writers can be worth their time or not.  You will need to step back from the ghost writing job opportunity for a moment and evaluate it and ask yourself a few questions.

Do you care if every piece of writing that you take the time to write has your name as the author?  If it is important to you to see your name in the byline every time you write a freelance article then you should not take ghost writing jobs.

Can you make more money by ghost writing or by taking on the project yourself?  If the ghost writing job is to write blog posts about foreclosed homes and you have extensive knowledge in this area, can you make more money if you self publish a blog on foreclosed houses?  If you know how to market a blog and think you can get more money for yourself then you should not take the ghost writing job opportunity.  On the other hand if you don't know how to publish a blog and get ads to generate the revenue you would want to ghost write in this situation.  

Can you make more money by selling the writing to someone else other than the ghost writing client?   Sometimes the clients who put jobs up for ghostwriters seriously undervalue the cost of the work they want done.  If you see a ghost writing job assignment but know you can sell the work to another publisher for more money then don't take the ghost writing assignment.  If you know you cannot make more money on your own then by all means take the ghost writing job.

Do you need ghost writing jobs to make money and pay the bills?  Freelance income is not a steady income like going to work and getting a paycheck every week.  So sometimes freelancers must do what it takes to get the bills paid and will take any job opportunity that comes their way.  If you need money sooner rather than later then you will want to take some ghost writing gigs.

As you can see there are both Pro's and Con's to the world of freelance ghost writing.  You will just need to step back and identify your needs at the time to decide if ghost writing is a good fit for you.