Comments on: Paid for Your Interest https://wordsonpageblog.com/2008/05/paid-for-your-interes.html a freelance writing resource. Thu, 29 May 2008 20:54:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Nikki https://wordsonpageblog.com/2008/05/paid-for-your-interes.html#comment-1255 Thu, 29 May 2008 20:54:00 +0000 http://loriwidmer.com/wordsonpage/index.php/2008/05/paid-for-your-interes.html/#comment-1255 One of my clients is real estate overseas. I cover news, property reviews and feature articles. If only I could get the client to get work to me in a timely fashion, I wouldn’t be nearly as bored. That said the project does make me wish I had the money to afford to live in the places I review.

]]> By: Rebecca https://wordsonpageblog.com/2008/05/paid-for-your-interes.html#comment-1254 Thu, 29 May 2008 19:54:00 +0000 http://loriwidmer.com/wordsonpage/index.php/2008/05/paid-for-your-interes.html/#comment-1254 I think your friend hit the nail on the head with his comment. People pay us to make uninteresting things sound interesting. It’s a challenge, but I welcome it.

Although I’m not sure I’d go so far as emartin … paint drying?! for real? that’s awesome : )

]]> By: Emartin https://wordsonpageblog.com/2008/05/paid-for-your-interes.html#comment-1252 Wed, 28 May 2008 15:20:00 +0000 http://loriwidmer.com/wordsonpage/index.php/2008/05/paid-for-your-interes.html/#comment-1252 I’ve written brochure copy for the Society of Protective Coatings. Which is paint. I’ve written about paint drying.

]]> By: Devon Ellington https://wordsonpageblog.com/2008/05/paid-for-your-interes.html#comment-1253 Wed, 28 May 2008 15:20:00 +0000 http://loriwidmer.com/wordsonpage/index.php/2008/05/paid-for-your-interes.html/#comment-1253 I ditched a cash cow last year because, although they offered me HUGE money, the industry was one promoting something I believe is unethical and dangerous. I believed that working for them would compromise my integrity — to myself, to heck with what anyone else thought — so I refused.

I can get interested in most topics, especially if they’re waving cash at me, but there are certain industries in which I choose not to work for personal reasons, and, so far, I haven’t been offered the amount that would make me compromise. If six figures won’t make me do it, would seven? I don’t know, but I doubt it.

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