Ghost Writing

To be honest, I didn't think about where it was going. I was on mturk, which provides a lot of different jobs, and the description simply asks you to write a review. I figured someone would be using it somewhere, but I never ever expected to see it again. Truth be told, because I am modest, I assumed it wouldn't be deemed good enough to represent a site. So when I stumbled on it I was flattered and freaked out. I don't know if ghost writing for someone I don't know is for me. There are certain places I simply do not want my writing used to promote. Ghost writing for someone I have established a relationship with, is different. As for submitting garble for money, I haven't been able to do this. I decided that since the point of attempting to earn money online is for me to do something I like to do and get paid I only write about things I'm into or things that inspire me to put decent effort into. That way I don't feel like I am working. I certainly would never submit anything that holds great significance, however I am now wondering if all my writing is significant to me.

i think perhaps ghost writing is not altogether the erm right writing career for you, although there is a bit of cash in it. as for me i will not write about something that i am not interested in at all, something that i do not believe or something i suspect will be used in a way i do not approve of. that said i can knock off burble quickly and it is not very significant to me.

I do mturk work, too, but I have to ask myself when some of the hits come up, how much is my integrity worth? I won't lie or misrepresent things. I won't write about something I know nothing about, pretending that I do. I don't like to be asked to place a vote for something so someone can win a contest if they don't deserve it. I will write and share my knowledge or experience if I can be helpful and maybe guide people in the right direction. This is my take on it. Your mileage may vary.

I meant to say that if you're not happy with your decision, then writing won't seem fun to you like it is now.

Hey Allen, I don't know if it was someone here, or the woman at the bookstore where I hung out a couple days ago that said I could think of the other name as a pen name. However I kept thinking but its a name I didn't get to choose, and it was pretty sucky, lol. When you ghostwrite can you use that work in a portfolio? How does that work?

This case is a bit different. On the one hand I knew the work would be used, I just didn't realize that it would be credited to someone else. I don't think I would have been as shocked if the job specified this. However I did not. I have had someone plagerize my work before. They used something I'd written for them as a gift to get credit in a class. I wasn't upset that they plagerized my work, I was upset that they took something personal and aired it as if it meant nothing to them... needless to say me and that person do not talk anymore, lol!

I agree. I don't see anything wrong with contributing ideas for pay. I guess I feel somewhat mislead. At least it taught me a valuable lesson, and I can be mindful of such things in the future.

Hey There Angie, I think your post pretty much capitalizes on my feelings. I was worried at first that this was an ego issue, that it was important that people knew I was the one who'd written something. However its about what the work is used for. I would be devestated if, as you stated, it was used to represent something I was completely against. I would love to get that list of sites. I am sending you a friend invite.

That's not a question, it's a statement right? At the time I did the assignment I didn't really realize that I was ghost writing. That's my own fault for not thinking it through. I actually thought I was being asked to submit a review which would either be tagged under my name or as anynomous, I realize my original post does not clarify this too well. It wasn't until I discovered my work online did I realize that it would be tagged as someone else's work.