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Jakob Straub

Jakob Straub

Freelance Writer & Expert Storyteller

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Barcelona, Spain

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Barcelona, Spain

Meet Jakob

Jakob is an experienced storyteller who writes creative fiction in English and German.
Authors hire him as a story coach and developmental editor to shape their manuscripts into compelling stories, or to tell their stories for them as a ghostwriter. Thanks to his expertise in a wide range of topics, he produces engaging content for his clients. He is
the founder of the collective Bartlebies.

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Barcelona, Spain

Fluent in English and German • Limited Working Proficiency in Spanish

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