Working for Freelancer today - tiring!

@nicregi (1934)
Malaysia
August 27, 2011 5:09am CST
Today I accept a USD 30 job for writing articles. Just completed 4 articles and 2 topics and God, it is tiring. Been not writing for some time and seriously it is a little hard to get your mind working back that fast (if you get what I mean). Love writing, and managed to write 3 articles this morning and just completed one. So now total of four.
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4 responses
@Sanitary (3968)
• Singapore
1 Sep 11
That's a good start for u. How many articles are u supposed to submit to your employer in the 3 days? No matter what, this is your first job and u must be sure to do it well before u find bigger success coming to u in the future. I know that it's not easy to get started again after being laid off from it for a period of time, but once u get your momentum, things get easier by then.
@beingwell (3625)
• Thailand
28 Aug 11
Hi there, nic! I'm glad that you seem to be doing fine with Freelancer. I hope you create a good source of income from them. I know that the project owners there pay more than other writing sites but they will really squeeze your brains for every penny that they'll pay you. So good luck my friend. As long as your happy in what you do, everything's gonna' work out fine!
@GemmaR (8517)
27 Aug 11
Congratulations on getting your job to write those articles. How long would it take for you to write them? You should work this out and see what your hourly rate would be if you were to do this. You should make sure that you're more than happy with what you're working for, and also keep checking that you can't get a better deal from anywhere else. With my article writing job, I was on around $50 per hour when I started, because it was for a big company and they were keen to get things written quickly and I was able to provide that service for them right from the beginning.
@scheng1 (24650)
• Singapore
27 Aug 11
Hi Nicregi, do you mean $30 for 4 articles? How many words per article? If the article is just a 400 words or less, then you can complete it within an hour. After that, you have to wait for the approval from the employer. Most likely you need to rewrite a paragraph or two. I think that is a good rate if the article is about 400 words. If the article is longer, then the rate is not too good. The market rate for freelance writer is about a cent a word. That means a 400 words article should earn at least four dollars for you.