Inkwell & Cole

Services

Three ways we get your book written.

Whether you need a full ghostwriter or a structural editor, here is where we typically start.

If you are not sure which you need, start with structure. It is the cheapest way to find out whether the book is really there.

Ghostwriting

Four to six months

Structure

Four to six weeks

Editing

Six to ten weeks

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01

Four to six months · the whole book

Full Ghostwriting

We interview you, draft every chapter, and revise until the manuscript sounds like you on your best day.

You get

Eight to twelve recorded interview sessions, transcribed and mined

A complete manuscript, chapter by chapter, delivered as it is written

Two full revision passes plus a final line edit

Hands gesturing in a video call beside a laptop

One recorded interview per chapter area. Demo photo.

02

Four to six weeks · one-off

Book Structure & Outline

A wall of sticky notes while a woman writes out a plan

The architecture, laid out before the draft. Demo photo.

We take your scattered ideas and build the chapter-by-chapter architecture before a word of the draft gets written.

You get

A chapter-by-chapter outline with the argument of each one named

The book’s through-line and promise, written as one paragraph

A brief you could hand to any competent writer, including yourself

Every chapter planned before it is drafted. Demo photo.

03

Six to ten weeks · one-off

Manuscript Editing

For authors with a rough draft already, we tighten the narrative arc and sharpen the prose for a publishing-ready version.

You get

A structural read naming what to cut, move and expand

A full line edit for rhythm, clarity and consistency of voice

A final proofread against a submission-ready manuscript

A person working at a laptop at a bright desk

A line edit, page by page. Demo photo.

04

How engagements run

We take four ghostwriting clients a year.

A full book needs sustained attention, so the calendar is deliberately small and there is usually a wait. Structure and editing work is more flexible and can often start within a few weeks.

Discovery

Find the through-line.

Architecture

Sign off the chapter plan.

Interviews

Talk the book out.

Draft & revision

Until it sounds like you.

Not sure which one you need?

Book a call. One conversation is usually enough to tell whether to start with structure or go straight to the full book.

45 minutes · no pitch deck.

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