Rates, Continued
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Sorry, I thought I was done with this, but I’m not.
Writer’s I know it can be hard asking for such large sums of money. Believe me, I do. And I talk to plenty of writers who just feel plain guilty when the time comes to talk project fees. And that’s understandable.
I mean, we’re writers. We love to do this. How can we expect someone to pay us so much for something that is so much fun? How can I ask a few questions, then use those answers to to write a ten page website, and then ask them to pay $2500? Will they REALLY pay me $75-$150 per hour for my time???
Know what? They will.
They will because we’re freaks of nature. Normal people don’t like writing. Normal people don’t read anything and everything they can get their hands on, just because it’s there. Normal people don’ play with words. Normal people don’t fill notebook after notebook with their mundane observations about the world around them.
They don’t like to write, and they are too busy running their business to give it the time and effort they know it deserves. And so they pay. And they will pay well to have it done right.
And don’t forget, you’re “hourly rate” is effectively cut in half when you take all the time you spend marking and managing your business into account.
So get out there and be weird. Forget “fair market value.” Charge what it will take to make what you want to make. Play with words on behalf of those who can’t. And enjoy the check when it comes in.
You’ve earned it.
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