A Startling Discovery...

Before I divulge the details of my startling discovery, let me put forth my thoughts.

Writing is not an easy task and a lot of effort and dedication needs to be put in (I'm sure all the writers reading this must have agreed). Even an accomplished novelist / author may take a number of years to come up with a genuine masterpiece. Then you can imagine the plight of the numerous freelance writers that are only getting started. Whether you talk about research or browsing the net, writing 1000 odd words in a few hours or a good 40 odd or more pages e-book in a couple of days, coming up with catchy one-liners or rewriting articles...all this and much more requires several man hours and a lot of hard work. I hope all the writers are with me so far.

If all of you have agreed till now and know the amount of work you are undertaking even for a 250 or 300 odd word article should know the value of your work, shouldn't you? I trust I am quoting only what is running through your minds as well.

Then why should you agree to work for peanuts?? Mr. Alfred Nobel also realized the importance of literature and left his wealth to an establishment, so that in the future, men and women could be honored for their exceptional contribution in the field of literature along with physics, chemistry, medicine, and for work in peace in the form of the most distinguished Nobel prizes. Then why this discrimination now?

There is still time; we writers can still wake up and take notice. If a client isn't ready to pay our money's worth, then s/he definitely doesn't deserve the quality content that we are capable of churning out. I sincerely hope that you will join me in my appeal to all the content buyers out there.

Appeal to all the Content Buyers - on behalf of all the freelance writers!
If you are paying less, then please do not expect quality work from us. I am very sure that you must have heard of the phrase, 'As you sow so shall you reap.' If you expect quality content and timely delivery, then be ready to spend more.

(I am only voicing the thoughts of the various freelance writers out there. While looking for some freelance work, I came across a lot of forums where the discussions of unjustified payment scales to the freelance writers were highlighted. I also browsed a lot of sites where one can bid for projects and noticed the same pattern there.)

Cheers!

What's New? Stick around and find out!!

I know what you must be thinking,'One more blog added to the already existing millions of blogs all over the world.' Another one bites the dust. And now that blogs can be in different languages as well, you will find even more blogs getting added by the minute. In fact, this very moment when I'm writing my first post, I am pretty sure that hundreds of blogs have already made their presence felt on the Internet. 'So what's different with this one?' 'What's in it for me?'...may be some of the questions that must have definitely crossed your mind.

Well, I promise you that if you stick around longer and keep visiting my blog frequently, I won't let you down. There are a number of thoughts that are literally fighting each other in my head dying to come out...You can imagine then what I must be going through. ;-)

I have finally found a way to share my thoughts with all my fellow bloggers and non-bloggers as well. This is the reason why I decided to start a blog about my initial experiences and struggle in the world of freelancing (sounds very dramatic, doesn't it?).

I am basically a content writer and have been involved in a number of projects. I have written content for brochures, newsletters, case studies, quizzes, and the like. Basically, anything to do with writing and you can be sure that I have done it all. A few days back I decided to try my hand at freelancing and I was in for a shocker. I could not believe what I was reading. I mean the freelancers were actually agreeing to it!!!

To know more about what shocked me out of my wits, please drop by tomorrow.

Cheers!