Not exact matches
When I say independent you say... well, if you know his films, you'd most likely say John Sayles, whose made 19 features (Matewan and Lonestar among them) without
traditional studio backing (though many of those features were financed by money Sayles made by doctoring or
ghost writing Hollywood scripts).
Such
writing can include
traditional or mainstream short - short stories as well as various other types such as American haibun,
ghost stories, monologues, epistles, mysteries, myths, tall tales, fables, anti-fables, parables, romance, fairy tales, horror, suspense, science fiction, prose poetry, and more.
How they become published is largely a matter of luck: as long as
traditional publishers feed the market with
ghost -
written crap signed by some useless celebrity instead of nurturing real
writing talent, the reading public will be ill - served by them.
Unless you are already a celebrity, and have in addition a
traditional publisher to hold your hands, because then
ghost -
writing will work for you.
I
ghost wrote a 20,000 word eBook for a certified personal trainer and can help you navigate the world of self - publishing and / or
traditional publishing.
In
traditional publishing,
ghost writing and editing are very different disciplines.
In a series of blog posts, Smith chronicled his process toward
ghost writing a 70,000 - word novel for a
traditional publisher in just ten days.