Memoirs have become a sweet resource for artists with a particular career (or not: Justin Bieber published his at age 16). Works designed to exalt character, satisfy curiosity, impose a formal story. But it’s easy to guess Ozzy Osbourne is unlikely to be seen with his sense of humor, tenacity and skill writing more than 300 pages of his psychotropic autobiography.
That’s what he’s for ghost writer or ‘ghost writer’ (or, um, ‘black’), which shapes the story. Perhaps it’s formalized in the credits as ‘collaborative’; this is a euphemism that usually covers the person writing the book from conversations and raw texts. Very enjoyable Pianist-singer ‘I, Elton John’ only gave a ‘special thank you’ to Alexis Petridis. ‘The Guardian’s brilliant reviewer wrote, “it’s what makes it possible.”
And here it is ‘The woman I was’, newly enlightened memories Britney SpearsInvolving three professionals According to ‘The New York Times’, responsible for writing and editing were Ada Calhoun (drafted the manuscript), Sam Lansky (tweaked it) and Duke Dempsey (closed it). This may seem like an ugly practice or betrayal to the reader, who feels that every word of the text comes directly from the heart of the singer whom he admires and believes to be his direct interlocutor through an intimate channel. .
But the greatest artist may not be able to write a book that the publisher would want to be explosive. It is perfectly constructed to stir emotions with its twists and turns, tension and moral values. As with Spears, it is possible that an attempt will be made to incorporate diverse perspectives, even generational perspectives, to broaden the range of readers. And this could happen the artist not remembering some aspects of his career (is more common than it seems), or because he is busy with work and does not have time to start writing.
Yes, distrust is inevitable when a biography is presented as a definitive work. If signed or inspected by the artist, keys known only to him will be revealed. but maybe avoid unpleasant events or make your point of view prevail on controversial issues. And if the journalist who wrote this alone is an expert, perhaps he will tell what the hero does not want to know, but maybe you’re doing it the wrong way not knowing the details and reasons. Where is the truth? It is in the version of events that every person must believe.