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I AM RAISING MY PRICES!
3 years ago
I have recently been made aware that my current prices, 1 cent per 1 word is TERRIBLY under costed. I spent several DAYS working on a 6.4k word (or 14 page) story that made me only 64$ USD, a rate that really is impossible for me to actually live off of.
Now as most of my income comes from freelance and fixed rate work and I don't take allot of commissions this has not been a major issue till now, but after realizing how much work I put in for so little pay, I was told by fellow writers that I'm basically cutting their rates in half which is unfair for me (as I am not being paid) and unfair for them as I am cannibalizing their properly priced commissions.
So going forward I am upping my rate from 1 cent per 1 word to 2 cents per 1 word. Doubling my rate to match a more fair standard set by my fellow writers.
However I am adding one small exception to this which is that I will give discounts for any stories under 2k words. I can knock them out very easily and as long as people are okay with just buying a SMALL story, I don't mind letting them save money on it.
My current commissions, those already started will NOT be effected in anyway, but all future commissions, including ones people have reached out to ask about, but not yet settled on an idea for, will be charged at this new, more fair rate.
Thank you for your time and I hope to still be writing for some of you in future. If not though, hey, that's fine, I would really rather focus on work then spending multiple days writing something I have little passion for AND am not being properly compensated for.
Love - April
Now as most of my income comes from freelance and fixed rate work and I don't take allot of commissions this has not been a major issue till now, but after realizing how much work I put in for so little pay, I was told by fellow writers that I'm basically cutting their rates in half which is unfair for me (as I am not being paid) and unfair for them as I am cannibalizing their properly priced commissions.
So going forward I am upping my rate from 1 cent per 1 word to 2 cents per 1 word. Doubling my rate to match a more fair standard set by my fellow writers.
However I am adding one small exception to this which is that I will give discounts for any stories under 2k words. I can knock them out very easily and as long as people are okay with just buying a SMALL story, I don't mind letting them save money on it.
My current commissions, those already started will NOT be effected in anyway, but all future commissions, including ones people have reached out to ask about, but not yet settled on an idea for, will be charged at this new, more fair rate.
Thank you for your time and I hope to still be writing for some of you in future. If not though, hey, that's fine, I would really rather focus on work then spending multiple days writing something I have little passion for AND am not being properly compensated for.
Love - April
Price for what you're worth once you can! Because regardless I still think 2 cents per word fairly cheap. Writing takes a lot more time than just writing, you have to edit work, find words that fit, and making sure you don't repeat yourself. It's hard work!
But... ya no genuinely joking aside I have burnt myself out really badly multiple times from people sliding into my DMs and going, "Hey I want a LONG story! Its okay, I can afford to give you 200$ for it... 20k words right? Perfect..." And then I like... Spend a month writing nothing, but that and work stuff and I don't do anything for myself or my friends and it fucking sucks the life and creative energy from me. So... Ya hopefully at this rate, less coms, lower word counts and at the very least more money for lovely art.
That's the hope anyway.
Thank you hun!