Los Angeles · Since 2002
Memoirs, business books, screenplays, keynotes, eulogies, wedding vows. Written to order by American writers under contract and NDA.
Two dozen staff writers · Contract on every job · Payment plans
Standard manuscript format. Everything on the page is our work except the one line that matters.
What we write, what it costs
Eight things people hire us for, smallest commitment first. Prices are our published floors, not quotes. Every project starts with a phone call, and the call is free.
$100 each · $175 for the couple
You tell a writer how you met and what you cannot say out loud. Two weeks, start to finish.
“OMG! These words are so beautiful. You have brought tears to my eyes. I am one happy bride!”Isabel G.
From $60 a minute of speaking time
Best man, mother of the bride, retirement, commencement, keynote, eulogy. We take rush jobs.
“The eulogy got a round of applause. Pastor said she had never, ever, seen that happen before.”Elizabeth V.
Lyrics to your melody $100 to $500 · Rap from $550
Words for an existing tune, an anniversary poem, a tribute. You keep the rights.
“Thank you, Deborah, so very much. It’s an awesome tribute to my late uncle and a beautiful song.”Brandon C.
From $30 a double-spaced page
You wrote it. It is close. A professional editor takes it the rest of the way.
“Every single change you made was fantastic, especially those small, subtle ones that helped the story in massive ways.”Kevin S.
From $40 an hour · Crisis work $150 an hour
Op-eds, press releases, brochures, site copy, technical manuals. Same-day help when it is on fire.
“My team here is very pleased with your work. I’ll be reaching out to you in the future for the book.”Paige P.
$40 an hour · Same rate for treatments and proposals
Pilot script, series bible, character arcs, season map. Written to what the room expects to read.
“Phenomenal! I LOVE it and I absolutely love the structure! Blown away, you literally nailed this!”Julia I.
From $60 a script page · 120 pages, about $7,200
Original features, adaptations, rewrites, coverage, consulting. Produced writers, correct format.
“A screenplay for 10 times the price couldn’t surpass his work. Thank you again, Ghostwriters Central!”Vincent T.
From $60 a double-spaced page · 250 pages, about $15,000
Three to six months. We interview you, you read drafts as they land, payment spreads across the job.
“You are truly gifted. This is EXACTLY what I was hoping for. You crafted and delivered an exceptional written product.”Katharine K.
Rush work doubles the rate. Payment plans available on long projects. Full rate card →
The question everybody calls to ask
Move the slider. It runs on our published rates, and you do not have to hand over an email address to see a number.
Estimate
$15,000
250 double-spaced pages at $60 a page.
Roughly 62,500 words. Three to six months.
This is arithmetic, not a quote. What you actually pay depends on research, interviews and how finished your material already is. We tell you the real number on the call, before anyone signs anything.
Twenty-four years of these
Clients sign non-disclosure agreements, so these run with first names only. That is also the point: the work goes out under their name, never ours.
I got called to LA for a meeting with a big producer. They said they both liked the script and expressed interest in working with me.
Samuel Y. · Screenplay
Ten film festival screenwriting awards and finalist positions, three writing competition wins. Your gift keeps on giving!
Suraj U. · Screenplay
Everyone is talking about my speech. Parents, teachers and students. The compliments are overflowing.
Jennifer H. · Speech
How the work runs
STEP 01
A person answers, day or night. You describe the project. You owe nothing and you sign nothing.
STEP 02
From two dozen on staff, the one who has already written your kind of thing. You see the writer’s credits first.
STEP 03
Scope, price and payment schedule in writing before a word is written. Payment plans on long books.
STEP 04
Interviews and notes go in, pages come back. You read as we go and say what is wrong. That is the job.
STEP 05
Finished manuscript, script or speech. You own it, and we never mention it again.
The staff
Twenty-six writers on payroll, all in the United States. Here are nine of them.
Every writer’s credits, genres and sample work →
The guy whose name is on the door
Co-founder. Navy, then magazine publishing, then twenty-four years of putting other people’s stories into shape. He reads what goes out.
Call 888-743-9939 · Text 818-636-4173
Why the paperwork matters
Scope, deadline, revisions and price, signed before the deposit clears.
Money follows pages. Nobody hands over a book fee up front.
NDAs both directions. We do not publish your name, your title or your story.
American writers on staff. We do not farm work out overseas and we do not sell machine drafts as writing.
Read how ghostwriting scams work, and how to check any writer →
Ten minutes on the phone and you will know what it costs, who would write it and how long it takes. If the answer is that you should write it yourself, we will tell you that too.