The author has a strong personal voice and a wealth of ideas, experiences, observations, and perspectives, but needs an experienced writer who can listen deeply, ask the right questions, identify the underlying narrative, structure complex thoughts, and turn them into compelling long-form writing.

You will work closely with the author throughout the process — from developing the book's central thesis and structure to interviews, research, chapter development, writing, rewriting, and final manuscript preparation.

The ideal person is someone who can make the reader feel that the author wrote every word, even though you are doing the writing.

What You'll Do

1. Develop the Book

Work closely with the author to understand the book's core idea, philosophy, argument, and intended audience.
Conduct extensive conversations/interviews with the author to extract stories, experiences, insights, opinions, and personal anecdotes.
Help identify the strongest themes and ideas within the author's thinking.
Develop the book's overall concept, narrative direction, chapter structure, and progression.
Challenge weak ideas and ask difficult questions when necessary.
Help turn fragmented thoughts and conversations into a coherent intellectual and emotional journey.

2. Write the Manuscript

Write original chapters based on conversations, notes, recordings, research, and material provided by the author.
Preserve the author's voice, personality, worldview, vocabulary, humour, intensity, and way of thinking.
Transform spoken ideas and raw thoughts into polished, engaging prose without making them sound artificially “literary.”
Create strong openings, transitions, arguments, stories, and chapter endings.
Balance storytelling, personal experiences, ideas, and research where appropriate.
Rewrite extensively based on the author's feedback.

3. Research & Fact-Checking

Conduct independent research where required.
Find credible sources, studies, historical references, examples, and supporting material.
Verify factual claims and flag anything that requires clarification or additional evidence.
Maintain research notes and source references throughout the writing process.

4. Editorial Collaboration

Participate in regular calls with the author.
Present chapter outlines and drafts for discussion.
Be comfortable receiving extensive feedback and rewriting accordingly.
Help identify inconsistencies, repetitive arguments, missing context, and opportunities to strengthen the manuscript.
Work collaboratively rather than treating the assignment as a simple “write and deliver” project.

5. Final Manuscript

Deliver a professionally structured, polished manuscript ready for editorial review/publishing.
Maintain consistency in tone, terminology, narrative voice, and formatting across the entire book.
Assist with the final rounds of edits and revisions.

What We're Looking ForMust Have

Proven experience writing long-form non-fiction, preferably books.
Exceptional command of written English.
Strong storytelling and narrative-writing ability.
Ability to turn conversations and unstructured thoughts into compelling written material.
Strong interviewing and listening skills.
Ability to understand and reproduce another person's voice authentically.
Strong research and fact-checking ability.
Excellent structural and editorial thinking.
Comfortable with extensive rewriting and iteration.
High level of discretion and confidentiality.

Strongly Preferred

Experience with one or more of:

Memoir / autobiography
Personal philosophy
Business / entrepreneurship
Psychology and human behaviour
Culture and society
Personal development
Essays / intellectual non-fiction
Founder stories
First-person narrative
Books built around interviews and conversations

Previous experience as a ghostwriter, book collaborator, developmental editor, journalist, long-form writer, or published author is a strong advantage.

The Most Important Skill

You must be able to listen to someone for hours and understand what they are actually trying to say — even when they haven't figured out how to articulate it themselves.

The author may give you a 60-minute conversation containing five different ideas, three stories, an argument, a contradiction, and several unfinished thoughts.

Your job is to identify the book hidden inside that conversation.

You should be able to say:

“This is actually the argument you're making.”

…and then turn that understanding into a chapter that feels completely natural to the author.

What This Role Is NOT

This is not a role for someone who simply:

Rewrites AI-generated content
Produces generic motivational writing
Writes SEO articles
Fills pages with unnecessary words
Imposes their own writing style on the author
Treats the author's ideas as prompts rather than source material
Needs everything to be perfectly structured before they can begin writing

We are looking for a thinking writer, not just a wordsmith.

Working Style

The process will likely involve:

Author conversation → Recording/notes → Writer's interpretation → Chapter outline → Draft → Discussion → Rewrite → Final chapter

You should be comfortable with an iterative process and frequent interaction with the author.

The author may change direction, discover new ideas during conversations, or completely rethink a chapter after seeing it written.

That is part of the process.

Deliverables

Depending on the final scope, the engagement may include:

Book concept development
Detailed book outline
Chapter-by-chapter outlines
Author interviews
Research
Full manuscript
Multiple rounds of revisions
Fact-checking
Final manuscript editing
Supporting book materials where required

Target manuscript length: approximately 50,000–80,000 words, subject to the final concept and structure.

Compensation

Compensation will be discussed based on:

Relevant experience
Previous published work
Scope of the project
Expected manuscript length
Research requirements
Level of involvement in book development

Please include your expected project fee or fee range when applying.

How to Apply

Please send:

Your CV / professional profile
3–5 relevant writing samples
Details of any books you have written, co-written, ghostwritten, or edited
A brief description of your experience working with authors or founders
Your expected fee for a full-length book project
Your availability over the next 3–6 months
A short note explaining how you approach capturing another person's voice

Important: Please do not send generic AI-generated cover letters.

We are much more interested in how you think and write than in how well you can write a conventional job application.

The ideal candidate is:

A great listener.
A sharp thinker.
A serious writer.
A curious researcher.
A ruthless editor.
And, above all, someone who can disappear behind the author's voice.

If you believe the best ghostwriter is the one the reader never notices, we'd like to hear from you.

Pay: From ₹60,000.00 per month

Work Location: Remote