Ghost Writing

So this is the blog of Justin Palmucci (Me) but, how do you know that I am actually the one writing it? The answer is you don’t. These may be my general thoughts but not exactly my words.  I could very well have hired a ghost writer (not likely being that I am broke). What is ghost writing you ask? Ghost writers are people, often established writers that whore their literacy services out to those that don’t possess the necessary wit and ambition to put pen to paper themselves. The most recent and obvious example of ghost writing in pop culture that comes to mind is Paris Hilton’s Memoir. It is blatantly clear that the ditzy, airheaded, spoiled rotten “heiress” did not write her own memoir.  Personally I question if she is literate. She has hired servants that wait on her hand and foot, clearly she wouldn’t put forth the effort to construct a book, let alone possess the mental capabilities to edit and construct it.  I imagine it must be frustrating to be ghost writer. You must be an extremely selfless person being that you receive zero credit for your work. It must be a handsomely paid practice. 

Many question the act of ghost writing and whether it should be allowed. As I pointed out earlier it is essentially prostitution. If I read a book titled the “memoir of” I want the person it’s about to write it, it only seems right. I want to hear straight from the horse’s mouth. I don’t want to read someone else’s words.  As a reader I personally feel somewhat lied to.  Personally I feel that such deception is bullshit. I believe that if you have a story you think is worth telling then you should at least try to tell it. Write a draft or something, anything.  Just do some work yourself.