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Ghost writers

This week, Amber and Callum chat about 'ghost writing'. What does the verb 'to ghost write' mean?

(It's nothing to do with ghost stories, ghost trains or ghost towns ...) And why do celebrities these

days tend to use ghost writers to write their life stories for them? Find out here.

This week's question: The word 'autobiography' comes from the Greek for:

a) 'life pictures'

b) 'life' and 'self'

c) 'self', 'life' and 'write'

Vocabulary from the programme

to ghost write

to write a book or article etc. for another person, so that they can pretend it is their own

no-holds-barred

without any limits or controls

stilted style

a style that doesn't flow very well, that doesn't sound natural or elegant

coherent

well-structured

to be credited

to have your contribution to something (e.g. to writing a book) acknowledged

becoming more mainstream

if something is 'becoming more mainstream', it is thought to be less shocking than before because

more people know about it and accept it

stepping out of the closet

if something is 'stepping out of the closet', it is no longer a secret

to be savvy

if you're savvy about something, you know and understand it

11 - 6 minute - Ghost writers.pdf