[BNM] writing for the web

[simon early]

My Dads a published author. He does lots of magazine articles and suchlike.

The "rule of thumb" (so he tells me) is 15p per word. I bet he strings out
his sentences such that, and I mean this in no disrespectful way, neither to
the reader, nor the publisher, whom I regard and an exceptional employer to
my father. Did I ever tell you about my fathers secret ambitions to be a
writer?Well it all started when he was a young man in the Army whereupon he
was once asked to recount the story of..

etc.
do I win a prize?



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[mailto:bnmlist-bounces at brightonnewmedia.org]On Behalf Of Paul Silver
Sent: 02 April 2007 18:39
To: Brighton New Media
Subject: Re: [BNM] writing for the web


On Mon, 2 Apr 2007 12:48:22 +0000 (GMT), "Debra C" said:
> does anyone have any advice on how much I could charge for articles
> written on various web topics? I applied for a job where a website needs
> articles but now they've asked for prices. Help!

Ahh, this piece of string I'm holding, how long is it ;-)

This is rather like web design, you can cost it in one of two ways:

1. How many hours it takes * your hourly rate

2. How much it enhances the worth of the business you are doing it for

If you're not sure about '2' and don't have a portfolio of previous
articles which will let you convince the client that your work will be
worth a lot to their company, you're probably safest with '1'. If you
don't know how long it'll take you to write the articles, you're going
to be back at the lovely stage of estimating times and hoping you don't
go too far over them, and that's always fun.

Cheers

Paul
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