Freelance writing is a very competitive field. So you may be wondering if you can get paid to write. The answer is yes, but it is not always an easy task. Especially with so many of the print publications moving to the internet, the competition steadily grows.
You will be competing against well established writers that have experience, which gives them an edge over you. You will also be competing against others who are just launching their freelance writing careers. Because they, like yourself, need to get those first published clips under their belt, they will be tempted to take low paying jobs. Also writers from other countries will join the competition because they can get easy online access to the same jobs you want. Some of those international writers come from countries where one American dollar has significant value. So a job that seems low paying to us here in the United States may seem quite attractive to them. Therefore, they will take the low paying job.
All these factors make it harder for all of us to get paid to write with reasonable wages for our work. But all is not lost. There are still steps you can take to get reasonable pay in the competitive field of freelance writing. In my next post, we will take a brief look at:
5 Steps To Get Better Writer’s Pay
So don’t get discouraged. You can get paid to write in the competitive field of freelance writing.
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1 5 Steps To Get Better Freelance Writers Pay // Jun 30, 2008 at 2:03 am
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2 Kristi Ambrose // Jul 10, 2008 at 8:30 am
I write for 2 people online and I dont know, I never felt like I was selling myself short. But recently Ive talked to a few people and have shared my articles with them, and the amount of articles I do in a weekly basis (anywhere from 50-200 a week), and they all seem to think I should be getting paid more than I am at the present moment.
For one person Im getting paid to write 20 unique articles per week for $70. Thats $3.50 per article. And for the other person Im getting paid $8 per article, but its not steady work… not even close. Some days he has me writing 50 articles per day, other days, he doesnt contact me for days at a time.
Ive talked to other people about this that arent “writers” and they seem to think im wasting my time looking for someone to pay more than $8 for an article. In fact I even got the “your crazy, $8 is A LOT” line.
I dont write a set amount of words. If im told to write 500 I usually end up writing 800-1400. If Im told to write 200, I end up writing 400-800. Needless to say I write because I love it. I just wish I could get paid MORE. I think I deserve more. For the writing, the research, the passion.
Anyway, this was a minor vent I suppose. I just wish there were as many jobs and opportunities for article writers as there is for novelists, book writers, poets, short story writers etc. Wheres my piece of the pie?
3 kelliw // Jul 11, 2008 at 9:02 pm
Kristi, I really appreciate your candid comments about how much you are making per article. I think a lot of writers are in the same boat. But I think there are solutions if we scout them out.
For the next ten days, I will have very limited internet access. But I will research a few things and get back here with some suggestions to help us all.
Kelli
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