{"id":33469,"date":"2019-10-11T03:46:34","date_gmt":"2019-10-11T10:46:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/?p=33469"},"modified":"2019-10-11T00:10:33","modified_gmt":"2019-10-11T07:10:33","slug":"ever-consider-a-ghostwriter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/2019\/10\/11\/ever-consider-a-ghostwriter\/","title":{"rendered":"Ever consider a ghostwriter?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Judi Majewski can help you express what you\u2019d like to say in writing. (photo by Pat Johnson)<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Want to write your thoughts down but you\u2019re not so good with words? Need to write a difficult letter? Want to record some memories? If you need a ghostwriter to help you express what you need to say \u2013 no matter what it is \u2013 a volunteer is ready and willing.<\/p>\n

Judi Majewski has been offering the free service at the Isaac Waldman Jewish Public Library since the summer. She hopes readers of the Independent<\/em> might know someone who can use her help.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought, I know people struggle with this, so I would love to help people,\u201d said the former public school teacher. Writing comes easy for her, she said, something she knows is not the case for everyone.<\/p>\n

People for whom English is not a first language might benefit from her help, Majewski said, but she\u2019s excited to help anyone.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think anybody, really, who wants to tell a story, who wants to record a memory, record their family history, write a eulogy. And anybody who struggles with putting things down on paper \u2013 I think there are a lot of people like that,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Publishing has never been a desire for her, she said, she just enjoys writing as a way of communicating feelings and thoughts.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have written the occasional difficult letter,\u201d she said. \u201cSometimes your emotions are so involved and sometimes I think people can use help.\u201d<\/p>\n

She knows her challenge is to capture the voice of the person for whom she is writing.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want it to be in their voice. I think that\u2019s going to be the interesting challenge for me, to see if I can do that, to see if it speaks for them,\u201d she said. \u201cThat\u2019s very important.\u201d<\/p>\n

Her husband told her she could make a business out of it, but she doesn\u2019t want to go into business. She\u2019s just happy to help, she said.<\/p>\n

He offered some other advice, too.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy husband says I express myself much better in the written word,\u201d she said laughing. \u201cSometimes we think maybe we should just write to each other.\u201d<\/p>\n

To contact Majewski, visit her at the Waldman Library, in the Jewish Community Centre of Greater Vancouver, until Dec. 11, where she will be every other Wednesday, at 1:30 p.m., or email her directly at judimajewski@gmail.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Judi Majewski can help you express what you\u2019d like to say in writing. (photo by Pat Johnson) Want to write your thoughts down but you\u2019re not so good with words? Need to write a difficult letter? Want to record some memories? If you need a ghostwriter to help you express what you need to say […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":33470,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[3076,9382,5807,635,7381],"class_list":["post-33469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local","tag-education","tag-judi-majewski","tag-volunteering","tag-waldman-library","tag-writing"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":8}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33469","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33469"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33469\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}