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Originally Posted by Julia
So far, so good for me and my Demand experience. I have very few rewrites and the ones I have are very quick fixes, usually just to clarify a word or two. I'm very picky about what I write; I stick to one or two types of articles, write about my niche topic only and reference every fact with rock solid references from a .gov or .edu type site. It's kept me out of trouble so far and I love being paid twice weekly.
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For a $7.50 fact sheet it seems like a waste of time and to search and search for government or edu sites that back up every step of the process but that's just me. Why do we put references and resources at the bottom if we're going to have to state a different reference or resource in every "step" of the process.
I understand the frustration. I had two rejected this weekend. First, they wanted sources. I sent sources and returned them. Then they were rejected because the sources weren't trusted. That's an arbitrary thing. I trust a lot of the sources I gave (Medical News Now) much better than I'd trust anything from the government.
I understand that some people love Demand but my experience is that I make more money writing for private clients who aren't nearly as inconsistent with what they want and expect from writers. I think my biggest problem has been, and continues to be, the inconsistency from one editor to the next. I feel like I'm playing roulette every time I submit an article to them that THIS editor will like what I have to write.