During one of our writing groups, the topic of ghost writing came up. I had no idea that this was even "a thing" within the world of academic writing. Ghostwriting is at the most basic level not crediting an individual(s) who contributed to a written manuscript. It can take many forms and may be based on the noted author's ideas and words, the author's ideas and the ghost writer's words, or soley on the ghost writer's words and ideas. It made sense on one hand, when considering transforming an academic article into a mainstream one. In that case, similar to "legalese", the information may need to be translated from an academic perspective to a layperson one. However, it still seems a bit questionable to me. My limited publishing experience also limits my perspective in this regard so I researched a bit from both the ghostwriter's and academic writer's perspectives and found some interesting articles/blogs. Here are a few links:
I would love to hear other's thoughts about this!
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