Comments on: Building Worth One Day at a Time https://wordsonpageblog.com/2009/11/building-worth-one-day-at-time.html a freelance writing resource. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:53:27 +0000 hourly 1 By: Lori https://wordsonpageblog.com/2009/11/building-worth-one-day-at-time.html#comment-4030 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:53:27 +0000 http://loriwidmer.com/wordsonpage/index.php/2009/11/building-worth-one-day-at-time.html/#comment-4030 Wendy, based only on what you just wrote, I'd hire you in a second. Exactly the point. Speed isn't, nor should it be, a selling point for writers. Attention to detail, specialized skills, subject matter familiarity – those belong.

Oh, stop complaining and do your homework, Paula. 🙂

]]> By: Paula https://wordsonpageblog.com/2009/11/building-worth-one-day-at-time.html#comment-4029 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:15:20 +0000 http://loriwidmer.com/wordsonpage/index.php/2009/11/building-worth-one-day-at-time.html/#comment-4029 Three homework assignments the first week? Did you have a previous life as the strictest teacher at school, Lori? Luckily I've already tackled numbers 1 and 2 this week. And number three is always in the back, if not forefront, of my mind.

Also, Amen, Wendy!

]]> By: Wendy J. https://wordsonpageblog.com/2009/11/building-worth-one-day-at-time.html#comment-4028 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:09:14 +0000 http://loriwidmer.com/wordsonpage/index.php/2009/11/building-worth-one-day-at-time.html/#comment-4028 Back when I decided to quit working for peanuts; I came across something that has stuck with me. A business owner had posted, on a forum that he had been thinking about hiring a writer to create his content for him. But, in his research, he was becoming concerned.

What he was seeing from writers on their sites, blogs and on forums was that the writing field was nothing but hype. When a writer proudly claims they can write articles in mere minutes, charge a couple of bucks for them and they can spend the rest of their days lounging around or having fun; it created a sense of hype within him. If you think about the claims we’ve seen on the internet about making a 6 figure income while you sleep; this is what he was seeing. (yes, writers posted replies to his post about not believing all those writers, etc. but it bothers me he had viewed us like this to begin with)

He went on to explain that he wouldn’t hire an electrician or plumber if they proudly said they could do their jobs in minutes for a few bucks, so why would he hire writers to do the same? That woke me up and it’s also why I don’t like seeing our profession viewed as a job you can “Work From Home!” Or “Make Money, while you stay home with the kids!” (it may be the deciding factor when you take on jobs, but don’t proudly make those claims for the world to see.)

Writing is a profession that requires a lot of work and effort, in my eyes, and I don’t want this profession to be viewed as some kind of internet hype. Be a writer and show that you can be a professional. You can be paid much more than peanuts if you stop treating writing as a bottom of the barrel type profession.

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