Fiction Process

Most novels take 6-12 months from kickoff to finished manuscript. Length is the biggest factor: a 40,000-word novella moves faster than a 100,000-word epic. The timeline also depends on how developed your concept already is, how much world-building the story needs, and how quickly you turn around feedback on chapters.

Most likely, yes. The Writing King has published 22 novels across science fiction, thrillers, literary reimaginings, and more, plus ghostwritten fiction including science fiction for a platinum-selling musician. Genre matters because each one has conventions readers expect, and a ghostwriter who actually reads and writes in your genre will honor them instead of guessing. If a genre isn’t a fit, you’ll be told up front.

Yours drive it. The story, the world, the characters, and the direction come from your vision. The Writing King’s job is to develop that vision into a structured, well-crafted novel, filling in craft-level decisions like scene order, pacing, and prose. When new ideas come up in collaboration, they serve your story, and nothing goes in the book without your approval.

You do, completely. The Writing King is hired to write your book, not to share in it. All rights, royalties, and intellectual property belong to you, including any series, characters, and worlds. This is standard professional ghostwriting practice and it is written into the Statement of Work before any work begins.

Both are fine starting points. If you have a stalled draft, The Writing King can finish it, revise it, or rebuild it depending on what it needs. If you have only a concept, a character, or a world, the discovery process is designed to develop that into a full story. You don’t need a finished outline to start.

It starts with concept and world-building sessions over video call, recorded with your permission. From there, The Writing King builds an outline you approve, then writes the novel in stages, sending chapters or sections for your review as the story develops. You stay involved throughout, so the book never drifts away from what you imagined.

Full-service ghostwriting at $1 per word covers concept development, outlining, the complete manuscript, structural editing, and revision rounds based on your feedback. Pricing is locked in your Statement of Work before work starts. Publishing support is available as a separate package if you want help getting the book to readers.

Yes. Whether you want traditional publishing, hybrid publishing, or self-publishing, The Writing King can walk you through the trade-offs and help you choose the path that fits your goals. Many fiction authors choose professional self-publishing for the faster timeline, higher royalties, and full control over their series.

Most ghostwriters work in business and nonfiction and cannot actually write compelling fiction. The Writing King can. With 22 published novels of his own across multiple genres and series, plus 54+ ghostwritten projects and 113+ books authored in total, he brings genuine novelist craft to the work: character, plot, pacing, and voice. You get a ghostwriter who has built worlds and finished books, not one learning fiction on your project.