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Your expertise. Your voice. Somebody else doing the typing.

Ghostwriting for founders, consultants, speakers and experts who have something worth saying and no realistic prospect of finding the time to write it.

Ghostwriting by Paul Wakefield, experienced UK commercial writer

What you're actually buying.

Almost everyone with real expertise has a book, a guide or a body of thinking inside them. Very few have three hundred spare hours and the discipline to get it out.

Ghostwriting solves that. You supply the thinking, the stories and the judgement. I supply the structure, the research, the drafting and the relentless tidying that turns a pile of ideas into something people will read and quote.

The result carries your name because the thinking is yours. My job is to make it sound like the best version of how you already talk.

Who this is for

Founders

A book or guide that becomes the credibility asset behind every pitch and speaking slot.

Consultants

Turn a methodology you've been using for years into something clients can hold.

Executives

Articles and thought leadership under your byline, published consistently.

Speakers and experts

The book that makes the booking conversation easier.

What's included

  • Structured interviews to get the thinking out of your head
  • A full outline agreed before any chapter is written
  • Research and fact-checking around your material
  • Drafting in your voice, chapter by chapter, with regular review points
  • A finished manuscript ready for editing, design or publication

Pricing

  • Expert guide or reportFrom £2,500
  • Expert bookFrom £15,000
  • Premium ghostwritten bookFrom £25,000
  • Ghostwritten articlesFrom £550 each

Books are quoted after a conversation about length, research depth, interview time and how involved you want to be.

How a ghostwritten book actually works

We start with what the book is for — the reader, the argument and what you want it to do for your business. Then we build an outline until it's genuinely right, because fixing structure later is expensive.

From there it's a rhythm: interviews, drafting, review. You see each chapter as it's written rather than one terrifying manuscript at the end. Most books take four to nine months.

Sounding like you

Voice is the whole game in ghostwriting. I record how you explain things when you're not trying to sound clever, and write from that — your phrasing, your rhythm, your opinions.

If a reader who knows you can tell someone else wrote it, the job hasn't been done.

How it works

01Tell me what you need

Send me your brief, idea or problem.

02We have a conversation

I'll ask the questions needed to understand your business, audience and objectives.

03I write

I research, develop and write the content.

04You approve

You review the work, provide feedback and we get it ready to publish.

Frequently asked questions

How much does ghostwriting a book cost in the UK?+

Professional non-fiction ghostwriting in the UK generally runs £15,000–£50,000 depending on length, research and the writer's experience. Shorter guides and reports start around £2,500.

Whose name goes on it?+

Yours. Ghostwriting is confidential by default and I don't claim credit unless you'd like to offer it.

How much of my time will it take?+

For a book, typically one to two hours of interview a fortnight plus review time. Far less than writing it, considerably more than nothing.

Do you help with publishing?+

I deliver a finished manuscript and can advise on the route — traditional, hybrid or self-published — but I'm not a publisher or agent.

Start a conversation

Tell me what you need writing.

Send me the brief, the idea or the problem. I'll tell you what I think it needs, and what it would cost.

Other ways I can help