Ghostwriting Professional Designation Program

Even though I will not be able to complete the entire program, the modules I did work on have been extraordinarily valuable. You have been very generous in sharing your experience and insight. Every week you made me laugh, while at the same time getting me to nod in agreement with your wisdom. That’s a superpower-level combination, and I am so glad I had the opportunity to learn from you.

The program was more than I expected. I’ve filled a notebook with notes, ideas, and suggestions from the past year. I thought the program would simply teach how to ghostwrite. Ghostwriting was just one piece in how to deliver a marketable literary property! ¶ Doing the ponderings really helped me learn debate protocol. I’ll ultimately get to expand my clientele. The assignments have already been helpful to me, not only with ghostwriting but in my verbal discussions. ¶ I feel more prepared to start a ghostwriting business than I ever thought I would.

I am just about finished drafting a new memoir and, before the ghostwriting program began, I’d earmarked an editor who is a New York Times-bestselling author to do a developmental edit just to get her thoughts. Now that we’re two months into the ghostwriting program, I’m having trouble envisioning anything anyone anywhere would do or say or recommend that would be more valuable than an A&R. When I spoke to Liv last week, she mentioned in passing that many actual authors (as opposed to non-writing authors who hire ghostwriters) like to get A&Rs to help them change and think through their manuscripts. So I’m thinking I’d like to hire Wambtac to do an A&R on Missing Mae, my memoir. And, by the way, I sat down to edit a single-spaced, seventy-six-page memoir manuscript the other day and figured, You know what? I’m gonna chart this baby. So I did — in eight pages — and there it all was: what has to go, what has to be reduced, what’s missing, where it temporarily bifurcated, lots of consciousness shifts on the part of the author, the climax, the resolve. The gold was literally glowing off the chart, it was so clear. When I spoke to the author and nailed the gold at the beginning of the conversation (without calling it such), she burst out bawling on the phone. “That’s been inside me twenty-three years and I wrote it and you got it. I’m going to reach people, I really am!” Where has this chart been my whole life? This program rocks. I just signed on my first African client for an A&R and a New Jersey client for coaching. Quite a good morning. I remain amazed at the perfection of the services/packages you've come up with! They cover every possible author and situation. What a business model. I am so happy and lucky to have found you!

Claudia Suzanne is the Queen Bee when it comes to teaching others the business of ghostwriting. If writing books for others is on your to-do list, look no further. This GCT course is a fast and furious ride you don’t want to miss. I loved the banter, side comments, tangents, inside scoops, and everything else that was “so Claudia Suzanne.” I love your ghostwriting rules. And I especially love these new shoes you’ve helped me fill. I will never forget you saying, “You’re not an employee.” It took a few times but, By George, I think I’ve got it. Thank you, Claudia. The course was excellent.

I don’t know how you do it. I’ve never encountered this level of feedback anywhere. From our perch out here in Studentland, it’s terrific.

This course was an amazing, enlightening experience. It lets you roll up your sleeves and actually engage in skill-building projects. You learn so much more than ghostwriting a manuscript – you learn how to become a true publishing authority! The unit on Submissions alone was a confidence-booster. The amount of industry knowledge gained from Claudia and her team is phenomenal. This program has forever changed how I view the world. I am now constantly trying to find the gold in everything! I appreciated the generous advice and honesty, and how the course fully prepares us to hit the ground running on our ghostwriting career. I was expecting an immersive, hands-on skill building course and the program certainly delivered.

This morning, in the city of Buenos Aires, water was pouring and lots of hail. However, 120 journalists attended a free ghostwriting seminar at the University of Salvador. All the attendees send you many affections and thanks for the wise advice you gave me. And that I transmitted them. The appreciation is infinite. Again thank you very much.

The strengths [of GPDP] are the depth of the program, the time you take to go over the work in detail in the 1-1 meetings, the videos, and the MLE sessions in break-out rooms. There is so much to learn to do this work well, and the sequence and thought that goes into the course are absolutely gold. The presentations and follow up on mindset transitions are also quite helpful; these do take time to absorb-still doing that about some things, so I appreciate that you explained it from the beginning.

Truth is, this rappelling into prose is one of the three dozen things I love about this program. Who does this? All my life I have longed for a system of editing like this and have never seen anyone anywhere present anything close to this level of detail in instruction. And I have been looking in awesome places. I was even involved with the Nieman narrative conferences at Harvard several years, thinking they would get to this level. While they were fantastic in many ways, they can’t hold a candle to this course.

It is a comprehensive course and covers far more than any writing class I’ve ever taken.

Wanted to say, I've listened to the first 50 minutes of Wednesday's class. THANK YOU for the opening, that you're pushing us more than you have any other cohort, etc. Can't tell you how good it felt to hear that! The next 45 minutes (so far) were just fantastic! I felt like everything coming together. About REWRITING the MLE. Now I see. I see! Because I didn't see before, I didn't know how deep to go with the writing/rewriting. So as a student, who every week learns more, by the time I got the MLE, esp. v2, I had more understanding and to draw from — leading me to re-envision the assignment. Anyway, that's been my experience. Thanks for last week's class. It was amazing! (at least the first 50 minutes!) Take care.

The range and depth of information satisfied my need for professional development and enrichment. I now have a much greater understanding of ghostwriting protocols and the ghostwriting business. Plus, the course has given me more confidence and clarity about how to pursue ghostwriting as a lucrative and viable career.

Even though I will not be able to complete the entire program, the modules I did work on have been extraordinarily valuable. You have been very generous in sharing your experience and insight. Every week you made me laugh, while at the same time getting me to nod in agreement with your wisdom. That’s a superpower-level combination, and I am so glad I had the opportunity to learn from you.

The program was more than I expected. I’ve filled a notebook with notes, ideas, and suggestions from the past year. I thought the program would simply teach how to ghostwrite. Ghostwriting was just one piece in how to deliver a marketable literary property! ¶ Doing the ponderings really helped me learn debate protocol. I’ll ultimately get to expand my clientele. The assignments have already been helpful to me, not only with ghostwriting but in my verbal discussions. ¶ I feel more prepared to start a ghostwriting business than I ever thought I would.

I am just about finished drafting a new memoir and, before the ghostwriting program began, I’d earmarked an editor who is a New York Times-bestselling author to do a developmental edit just to get her thoughts. Now that we’re two months into the ghostwriting program, I’m having trouble envisioning anything anyone anywhere would do or say or recommend that would be more valuable than an A&R. When I spoke to Liv last week, she mentioned in passing that many actual authors (as opposed to non-writing authors who hire ghostwriters) like to get A&Rs to help them change and think through their manuscripts. So I’m thinking I’d like to hire Wambtac to do an A&R on Missing Mae, my memoir. And, by the way, I sat down to edit a single-spaced, seventy-six-page memoir manuscript the other day and figured, You know what? I’m gonna chart this baby. So I did — in eight pages — and there it all was: what has to go, what has to be reduced, what’s missing, where it temporarily bifurcated, lots of consciousness shifts on the part of the author, the climax, the resolve. The gold was literally glowing off the chart, it was so clear. When I spoke to the author and nailed the gold at the beginning of the conversation (without calling it such), she burst out bawling on the phone. “That’s been inside me twenty-three years and I wrote it and you got it. I’m going to reach people, I really am!” Where has this chart been my whole life? This program rocks. I just signed on my first African client for an A&R and a New Jersey client for coaching. Quite a good morning. I remain amazed at the perfection of the services/packages you've come up with! They cover every possible author and situation. What a business model. I am so happy and lucky to have found you!

Claudia Suzanne is the Queen Bee when it comes to teaching others the business of ghostwriting. If writing books for others is on your to-do list, look no further. This GCT course is a fast and furious ride you don’t want to miss. I loved the banter, side comments, tangents, inside scoops, and everything else that was “so Claudia Suzanne.” I love your ghostwriting rules. And I especially love these new shoes you’ve helped me fill. I will never forget you saying, “You’re not an employee.” It took a few times but, By George, I think I’ve got it. Thank you, Claudia. The course was excellent.

I don’t know how you do it. I’ve never encountered this level of feedback anywhere. From our perch out here in Studentland, it’s terrific.

This course was an amazing, enlightening experience. It lets you roll up your sleeves and actually engage in skill-building projects. You learn so much more than ghostwriting a manuscript – you learn how to become a true publishing authority! The unit on Submissions alone was a confidence-booster. The amount of industry knowledge gained from Claudia and her team is phenomenal. This program has forever changed how I view the world. I am now constantly trying to find the gold in everything! I appreciated the generous advice and honesty, and how the course fully prepares us to hit the ground running on our ghostwriting career. I was expecting an immersive, hands-on skill building course and the program certainly delivered.

This morning, in the city of Buenos Aires, water was pouring and lots of hail. However, 120 journalists attended a free ghostwriting seminar at the University of Salvador. All the attendees send you many affections and thanks for the wise advice you gave me. And that I transmitted them. The appreciation is infinite. Again thank you very much.

The strengths [of GPDP] are the depth of the program, the time you take to go over the work in detail in the 1-1 meetings, the videos, and the MLE sessions in break-out rooms. There is so much to learn to do this work well, and the sequence and thought that goes into the course are absolutely gold. The presentations and follow up on mindset transitions are also quite helpful; these do take time to absorb-still doing that about some things, so I appreciate that you explained it from the beginning.

Truth is, this rappelling into prose is one of the three dozen things I love about this program. Who does this? All my life I have longed for a system of editing like this and have never seen anyone anywhere present anything close to this level of detail in instruction. And I have been looking in awesome places. I was even involved with the Nieman narrative conferences at Harvard several years, thinking they would get to this level. While they were fantastic in many ways, they can’t hold a candle to this course.

It is a comprehensive course and covers far more than any writing class I’ve ever taken.

Wanted to say, I've listened to the first 50 minutes of Wednesday's class. THANK YOU for the opening, that you're pushing us more than you have any other cohort, etc. Can't tell you how good it felt to hear that! The next 45 minutes (so far) were just fantastic! I felt like everything coming together. About REWRITING the MLE. Now I see. I see! Because I didn't see before, I didn't know how deep to go with the writing/rewriting. So as a student, who every week learns more, by the time I got the MLE, esp. v2, I had more understanding and to draw from — leading me to re-envision the assignment. Anyway, that's been my experience. Thanks for last week's class. It was amazing! (at least the first 50 minutes!) Take care.

The range and depth of information satisfied my need for professional development and enrichment. I now have a much greater understanding of ghostwriting protocols and the ghostwriting business. Plus, the course has given me more confidence and clarity about how to pursue ghostwriting as a lucrative and viable career.