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Originally Posted by DeeBishop
Please believe me... I don't mean to criticize... but if I understand this, you want 10,000 words (a BOOK) written in ONE WEEK for $200? Or am I miscalculating? (Wouldn't be the first time.)
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First, let me assure you and the original poster that I'm not criticizing, either. I'm just doing the math to let you know your weekly calculations weren't wrong; you weren't miscalculating.
$2.00 / 100 words = $0.02 per word
$2.00 / 150 words = $0.013 per word
100 words per description (minimum) x 100 descriptions per week = 10,000 words per week
10,000 words x .02 per word = $200 per week
1500 companies x 100 words per description = 150,000 words total
150,000 words total x $0.02 per word = $3,000 total
$0.02 per word isn't too bad for such writing. When I was starting out in online writing years ago at Write for Cash, they paid between $10-$15 (depending on the writing quality) for 500-600 words. I got $15 for every article and wrote between 500-600 words, which was an average of about $0.02 per word.
Of course, it's low and not the greatest pay, but it's certainly more than some places offer. Considering that Demand Studios pays about $15 per 400-500 words, that comes to about $0.03 per word, give or take a little. Still not $0.10, $0.20, or $1 per word, but it's definitely better than some online writing jobs.
So, it's right around what's expected for that sort of content writing. At least it's not $2 per 500-600 word article! I've seen some of those around here before.
One side note: 10,000 words would produce a very short book.[img]smileys/smiley1.gif[/img] According to the
publishing industry, it wouldn't even be a book -- it would be a long
short story or a short novelette.
Flash Fiction: 100 - 1,000 words
Short Story: 1,000 - 7,500 words (or up to 10,000 words)
Novelette: 7,500 - 20,000 words (or up to 25,000 words)
Novella: 20,000 - 50,000 words (or up to 60,000 words)
Novel: 50,000 - 120,000 words (or 75,000-120,000)
Epics/Sequels: 120,000+
(Sources:
Fiction Factor,
Suite 101,
Philadelphia Writers Conference)
Hope that helps! [img]smileys/smiley1.gif[/img]
Edited by: TemlynWriting