#1 Sunday Times Bestselling ghostwriter Marie Ellis spoke to me about her past lives in both acting and journalism, setting her ego aside as a ghost, and hacking the hero’s journey.

Marie Ellis is a Sunday Times bestselling ghostwriter, freelance editor, and writer of literary fiction. She is a career journalist who walked away from a 15-year in-house gig to go rogue.

She combines her journalism and acting background with her writing skills to help businesses and individuals tell their stories.

Marie spoke to me from a recording studio in London just before an on-screen commercial audition.

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In this file Marie Ellis and I discussed:

How she landed a journalism job at a print science magazine with no experience

Why 10,000 hours and her Masters in Literature were well-suited for ghostwriting

The Impostor Syndrome that comes with each new book

Productive procrastination and improv

Why writers need to “Fail faster to succeed sooner”

And a lot more!

Show Notes:

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