Ghostwriters Central, Inc.
Los Angeles, California/USA
888-743-9939
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Professional ghostwriters for books, memoirs, speeches and screenplays.
Why a ghostwriter?
Some people have a story to tell. Others have expertise worth sharing. Some simply don’t have the time to spend the next three years trying to finish a manuscript alone. Three years isn’t an exaggeration. Authoring a book often takes far longer than one would expect.
We help clients turn ideas, experiences, and unfinished drafts into professionally-written books, speeches, and screen projects. An that is done with confidentiality, collaboration, and real-world writing experience.
To speak with a ghostwriter now, just call, text or email. Find out how the process works.
Writing a book is harder than most people expect.
Words are hard. Almost everyone starts with good intentions. But writing a book has nothing in common with writing an English class essay.
A memoir begins with a few notes and memories. A business book starts as expertise collected over decades. A screenplay begins with a scene someone can already see in their head.
Then reality appears:
Structure. Pacing. Organization, Rewriting, Interviews. Research. Deadlines. And the simple problem of finding enough uninterrupted time to finish.
That’s where professional ghostwriters come in. At Ghostwriters Central, we work with people who have something important to say but need an experienced writer to help shape it into a finished professional work.
For more than two decades, our ghostwriters have worked behind the scenes on memoirs, business books, speeches, wedding toasts, screenplays, and television projects. And we’ve done that with perfect discretion.
What kind of projects do ghostwriters work on?
We help clients develop:
• memoirs, • autobiographies, • business books, • thought-leadership titles, • historical narratives, • novels of all kinds, • and nonfiction projects.
Some clients arrive with outlines and drafts. Others arrive with nothing more than life experience and a desire to finally tell the story properly.
• keynote speeches, • political speeches, • wedding speeches, • retirement speeches, • eulogies, • valedictorian speeches, • motivational talks, • and presentations for business and public events, • including addresses before the United Nations.
Good speech writing isn’t just about words on a page. It’s about rhythm, personality, emotional timing, and audience connection.
Screenplays and television projects.
Our screenwriters develop:
• feature screenplays, • television pilots, • series bibles, • rewrites, • adaptations, • and script doctoring projects.
We understand structure, dialogue, pacing, and professional screenplay formatting. At heart, we are storytellers with expertise in telling other people’s stories in a variety of ways.Furthermore, we often rewrite screenplays to professional standards, and provide script consulting services.
We keep the process straightforward. In your free initial consultation, we discuss:
• the project, • your goals, • timeline, • budget, • writer recommendation, • and whether the fit makes sense.
We gather material through conversations, notes, research, recordings, outlines, or existing drafts. Drafts are developed in stages with ongoing feedback and revision. When the project is completed, you receive a professionally-developed manuscript, screenplay, or speech, ready for its next step.
Ghostwriting should feel collaborative, not mechanical.
The best ghostwriting projects don’t sound ghostwritten. A ghostwriter, by definition, is unknown to all but the client. They work to sound like the client at their best without creating suspicion that the project was ghostwritten:
• clearer, • more organized, • more compelling, • and professionally structured.
We’ve been helping clients since 2002 and we’ve got an excellent reputation. Whether you’re developing:
• a memoir, • a business book, • a screenplay, • or an important speech,
we can help you determine the best path forward. Tap the button now to contact an expert ghostwriter.
The guy whose name is on the door.
Michael McKown co-founded the company, but he’s far from new to storytelling. Let him help choose an experienced ghostwriter for your project. Long ago, when it was recess time at his elementary school in Pacoima, California, nearly all the children ran to the playground. However, a handful of kids hung around the teacher who read stories from a book. From high school through college, a four-year stint in the Navy, then serving as the founder, editor and publisher of magazines, he’s still all about the story. He also has two subsidiary websites under the Ghostwriters Central brand. They are Manuscript Man and Pronto Screenwriting Services. You can reach him now by calling 888-743-9939.
This really is how it began:
We don’t need to brag. How about we let our clients do it for us?
All endorsements are authentic but unattributed due to non-disclosure agreements. Hover over an endorsement to pause scrolling.
Sheri N.
Why would I want to revise perfection? You did a wonderful job and I’m extremely pleased and grateful! You are clearly a skilled writer and I truly appreciate your attention to the details I shared and crafty ways in which you integrated them through the speech. I’m also loving the little poem you developed –- so perfect!! I’ve gone from dreading this event to anticipating this moment. Thank you for crafting a speech that will truly be a gift to my sister and her future husband! All my thanks!
Bruce G.
Many thanks! Amazing ghostwriting service. It has been my life dream to become a successful screenwriter, and Cody Smart, with her high professionalism and amazing writing skills, is making this possible. I am impressed with the work she has done for me. I found Ghostwriters Central to be dedicated and resourceful in all matters. Thanks to you and your team.
Cody P.
I just want to say thank you, again, Brian (Ackley), the vows were perfect. I couldn’t stop crying when I was reading them to her in front of our guests, family and friends. I’m forever grateful to you. I appreciate the time, effort and energy you put into it. You’re an amazing writer and I’ll make sure to stay in touch. All the best to you!
Dorothy M.
We weren’t very happy with Brian M. (as he will tell you) when we first started. After going through all the material, he has been wonderful! We love what he has done and has added so much to the book with his research! We couldn’t be happier. Thank you for choosing Brian to work on the book.
Jennifer H.
Brian (Ackley) is amazing!!!! He is wonderfully masterful at writing, he is also understanding, discerning, kind, talented, human, wonderful, everything…I adore his writing and him. I am so very proud of my speech. Thank you for connecting us. How do I give him a tip directly? Another comment received later: Nailed it. EVERYONE is talking about my speech. Parents, teachers and students. The compliments are overflowing. The principal told me that so many people have been calling her to tell her how great it was. It was a huge success. Wow! Thank you so much again!
Brandon C.
Thank you, Deborah, so very much. It’s an awesome tribute to my late uncle and a beautiful song. It means a lot to me and I’m sure his daughters will love it also. Will Let you know if I make it on America’s Got Talent.
Matt R.
Thank you so much for your hard work on this. I love how this is shaping out. I’m presenting around 8:30 this evening so the hard deadline will be around 7pm. You are extraordinarily good at this and I’d love to work with you on future speeches, to build off of this one. I’m available by email and phone for the rest of the day if you have questions as we work to go final on this.
Julia I.
Phenomenal! I LOVE it and I absolutely love the structure! Blown away — you literally nailed this! Wow! This three-layer approach is so brilliant, thank you! NO changes, I love it as is! This is perfection! I thank you for this incredible job well done! You have once again blown me away. How did you gather all of that information from what I gave you? You NAILED THIS! Your work is tremendous and I thank you! I’d love to send you a little something to say thanks. Do you have a mailing address I can send to? I thank you from the bottom of my heart!
Samuel Y.
I just wanted to let you know that I got called to LA for a meeting with a BIG producer [name and company deleted] and his head of development yesterday! They said they both liked the script and expressed interest in working with me to develop it! They also requested my other screenplay (one you haven’t seen), and discussed my interest in working for them on one of their other projects they’re developing! Super excited, and I thought you’d like to know! Thank you so much for your help and advice. It’s so rare and exhilarating for me to have good news like this!
Jason & Monica B.
Guys, words will never convey our appreciation for your masterful skills in writing these speeches. You were totally outstanding from start to finish, incorporating the challenges we gave you. The family dinner speech was very difficult in delivery, as you can imagine, when I addressed the loss of our son Sam and the name of our new son-in-law. I had to stop several times to compose myself. Guests commented that they enjoyed the speeches by us since they included both seriousness and levity. We would never hesitate to use you again. Thanks again.
Carroll T.
Hi! The screenplay is magnificent. The characters are clearly drawn and engaging. The action carries the story forward at all times. The pacing is great. The dialog is crisp and textural. The narrative is succinct and dramatically illustrative. You are very gifted.
Paige P.
Hey guys, I just wanted to say that my team here is very pleased with your work, it was really nice work you put together. I know there was some miscommunication at times but you made it happen. I’ll be reaching out to you in the future for the book. Also I’ll send you the link to the movie when it’s edited and finished. Thanks again, great doing business with you. You are an honorable man.
Isabel G.
OMG! These words are so beautiful. You have brought tears to my eyes. I know these are my words, but just the way you put them on paper is outstanding! I cannot thank you enough! I am one happy bride!
Katharine K.
You are truly gifted. This is EXACTLY what I was hoping for. You crafted and delivered an exceptional written product for me. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! May I kindly extend a “bonus” to you for your outstanding work? I hope to continue to work with you in the years to come. Your boys are very lucky to have such talent running through their veins.
Vincent T.
It’s not often that superb work that yields such impressive results can be surpassed, but the chief writer at Ghostwriters Central has done it — AGAIN! After the quick and lauded success of his screenplay adaptation of my first novel, I asked him to handle a screenplay for the second in the series. The screenplay arrived yesterday and it is pure, liquid dynamite. I’m sorely tempted to identify the now-familiar novels and their subsequent films, but for now let me just say that this man is gold. A screenplay for 10 times the price couldn’t surpass his work. Thank you again, Ghostwriters Central!
Kevin S.
I have had my first read, I COULDN’T BE MORE PLEASED! One of my fears with people editing my work (mostly magazine editors) are those who make change for the sake of change, only to fit their styling and tastes. I caught no whiff of you doing that, or, if you did, our nuances are so similarly aligned that it certainly didn’t matter. You really displayed an incredible understanding of my story and characters, and your touch to all was precise and powerful. Every single change you made was fantastic, especially those small, subtle ones that helped the story in massive ways. Love what you did to Zoey. You got all the spunk out of her that was needed. There really is way too much for me to comment on. There were moments of out-loud laughter. I really liked how you made sense of a few things in the story that didn’t make full sense from my writing. Some incredibly classic lines. BRAVO!
Lindsey N.
This is SENSATIONAL! Thank you SO, SO much! You’ve captured it all brilliantly — especially the last episode. It’s exactly what I wanted! I’m sure it’s draining for you and I’m grateful you’ve put so much effort into this. It really shows!
Stephen A.
I entrusted Ghostwriters Central with the task of writing a screenplay based on my latest thriller novel. The process was superb, and it was undertaken with care, expertise and enthusiastic professionalism on every level. After a few in-depth discussions, the writer understood the thrust of where I wanted to go with the adaptation of the novel. He then proceeded to write a creative masterpiece that not only exceeded my expectations by a mile, but certainly rivals, and even exceeds, those scripts that power today’s finest films. There is little doubt that his energetic genius behind the screenplay is the reason that it is now solidly on its way to becoming a successful feature length production. Thank you, Ghostwriters Central.
Cassandra R.
Now that the dust has settled, I must say thanks again. Obviously, I would have no idea of what’s the norm for “feedback” however I have been overwhelmed with the amount of comments on my speech Friday night. During the speech, I saw many patting their eyes because of tears (not my intention), and immediately following so many came to me to remark on how they liked my speech. And as of today, I am still receiving great feedback. Who would think that my dress would get second place over the speech?
Hal O.
Absolutely brilliant job amazingly done by your writer. His work exceeded all my expectations. Most importantly, he expressed deep interest in the story and didn’t do it just as a technical assignment, he truly got involved in the script. Always great communication and personal approach. Couldn’t be happier! Five stars!!
Jeremy D.
Good evening, people. Thank you! Thank you. I did not check this particular email account until today, I did not realize you sent it early. Much appreciated. Outstanding. Bravo. Top-notch. You are so very talented. I am delighted to work with you. You are certainly “legendary” with your creative abilities. I absolutely love the piece. I would like to send you a bonus — for your quality work, an additional $100. Many thanks.
Suraj U.
Can you post this thank you on your website? I have achieved amazing success with your professional help. I am a total amateur, now a winning one. Ghostwriters Central has done it for me: Ten film festival screenwriting awards and finalist positions, three writing competition wins, beautiful reviews and publicity for my screenplay in three countries. Quick, reasonable and winning, to say the least. This is my first screenplay and your senior staffer wrote it for me so well I’m still getting CONGRATULATIONS emails. Your gift keeps on giving! I’ve only been submitting my script for four months, a total newbie. It’s unbelievable, incredible! Thank you for making 2013 my year for unexpected major success. I love you guys!
Elizabeth V.
The eulogy got a round of applause. Pastor said she had never, ever, seen that happen before. Thank you.
Anonymous
I just wanted to say thank you to YOU! Thank you for helping me. My speech went so well. It was felt in an emotional way and I delivered it with a cheat sheet but spoke to my guests. Thank you for understanding what I was trying to impart and getting it to me. You made this whole experience so stress free. I didn’t tell a soul. You can use this as a review as long as you don’t use my name. Thanks a million.
Sharon W.
I absolutely love it. It was great! I read it five times or so and was happy with it. …I really enjoyed it and I want to get the next set under way! Thank you for taking such good care of my material and making it a great read! So far there is nothing I would change. Hope to here back from you today so we can continue on. Woohoo!
