Would You Pay Me $0.04 Per word per article?

Dam Internet. I'd just wrote this.

Anyway, you have 2 huge mistakes in your first sentence. You need a comma so it sounds like you are speaking about 1 person, and you have an extra s on the end.

I wouldn't pay you .04 per word for less than perfect English. I am an English-speaking writer and I only earn about $.02 per word.

Some things that I am noticing as I read through...

• You reference Williams as "he" throughout most of the article, not much else. It's not really a best practice. When you do use his name, you refer to him as "Steve". For an article like this (and you will see this done through most articles regarding Sports. Check my favorite blog by Mike Reiss to see how it's done) refer to him by his last name, you decide between his real name or stage name. Be consistent.
• Your growing up section skips around (you go from talking about his youth to his high school choices and then back to his youth again). There is no theme or point that the section seems to be making.
• I feel you missed an opportunity to talk about his life before wrestling. What did he do, what other careers did he try? You would do well to provide more insight into why he decided to go to wrestling.
• "His start in wrestling" is very scant on details as well. At this point most readers are not going to be invested in the piece anymore. I don't feel like I'm hearing his story, there is no reason for me to want to know what happens next.
• "Steve Austin" is born. Wait, what about his first match? You built up to it, then completely skipped it. Did he win, lose, make a fool of himself? The people will want to know. Furthermore, when he got "benched" who did he watch? What did he pick up and from who? You need to go deeper into this stuff.

I stopped there. I see you went for length; but I get the feeling it is going to just be more of the same.

Now to be honest, it is better than the articles that you asked for the forum to review the first time around. You are still at the level though where it reads like a high school essay. The fact that it is extremely long makes it a chore to read. Going for completeness is a good thing; but only if you are going to engage the reader, and tell them a complete story.

Right now, your writing is still disconnected and isn't covering enough interesting information to accomplish what you would want for it to accomplish. I wouldn't pay $.04 per word for this.

You have a couple grammar mistakes, but your writing style is not bad. Luckily grammar is easier to fix, most people have it the other way around.

I'd estimate .02 per word for current quality.

There is a lot of competition for writers. I have great writers who work for .01 per word. For article writers that is pretty much standard. High end is .05 per work but I doubt many people would pay that much. Its hard to find people who are even willing to pay .02 per word.

...But then again after seeing Joe Robinson's post I may be totally wrong...

Despite you having 'fixed' your first sentence, it is still grammatically incorrect. Your second and third sentences, with all due respect, look as if they were written by a non-native English speaker.

I did not read further.

Will

I'll pay .008 per word

Wrong question.

Wrong audience.

The 'right' question is: "How much do you currently make from top quality
articles you have had written for you by article writers you've hired in the
past?"

That segments your audience... into folks who have outsourced article writing,
and profit from the content they have ordered - and those who have NOT.

Ignore the second group.

Focus only on the first.

Then, you position yourself to be WORTH at least that much to your audience
- and confidently ask for the price you believe your writing is worth.

But make sure, first, that what you deliver will bring your client a higher
return on their investment into your work.

All success
Dr.Mani

So what am I worth guys?

You're worth the action you take and the money your bring in. You've got some good feedback on this thread and useful pointers so now it's time to go out and sell your writing.

My suggestion is to start at a lower rate and get orders and then scale up to the figure that you aspire for. If you're an unknown writer you start at the bottom and move towards the top and not start at the top and wait for people to presume that you're good because you placed yourself at the top with your premium pricing.

Your writing is better than a lot I have read, but you're no Joe Robinson.

Grammar aside, the article doesn't have personality. Sure, it's well researched and contains a lot of information but it lacks flow and style. It's a little "stilted" when you read it.

I'm not saying this to be mean, just to point out some things to work on. I think writing more would improve that.

Anyway, I think you are close to .04 cents… maybe .025 or .03, provided all the grammar issues are cleaned up.

Lee

Sorry, but you need to improve your grammar and punctuation.

I found plenty of grammar mistakes. I didn't read the entire article. I mostly skimmed through the last paragraphs, and noticed a lot of grammatical errors. You should work on that. That reason is enough for clients to avoid even hiring you, let alone pay premium charges.

And the article wasn't exciting. You were just talking about Austin, and not making it any fascinating. Your story lacked the necessary punch to keep the reader hooked.

P.S. - The Rock is the greatest of all-time.

Hiya!

Keep at it mate, you may have some flaws, but don't we all? Work hard and you'll reap the rewards! Don't get put off by negative comments, and good luck!

Rob

The very first mistake I spotted was in the title.

THE TITLE!

It should be "The Biggest Superstar of All Time", not "All-time".

All-time is a hyphenated adjective which has to modify something; it doesn't do that here. You can say something like "all-time superstar", but not "superstar of all-time". The same is true with your use of pro-wrestling in the first paragraph. However, shaved head should be shave-headed or shaved-headed. I'm not sure which is correct, but that is an adjective phrase and needs a hyphen.

Then there is the issue of breaking glass. I am not a wrestling fan, so I assumed you meant he would physically break the glass, but then you say he would make his entrance. This confused me. Was it the sound of breaking glass? If so, then mention it.

How high were his black boots? Were they shiny? Were they combat boots? Paint this non-fan a picture.

The article also seems to jump around a lot, and little facts are added in a way that becomes distracting, as opposed to entertaining.

That being said, I think you have potential.

Read. A lot. Pay attention to how professional authors write (especially punctuation and grammar). Re-learn the basics. Practice. Analyze. Practice. Keep honing your craft and you will eventually get to much more than $0.04 per word.

All the best,
Michael

No, I would not pay you four cents a word for your writing ability. Just in the first paragraph you have a run-on sentence. You also use the word "till" instead of until. At four cents a word, your technical writing skills should be near perfect. Also, at that high of a rate, your writing style should be much more engaging and entertaining.

Instead of asking on here, why not go find out? Textbroker.com is for writers who want to start getting paid right away. You would probably be started off as a level three writer. Level three pays one cent a word. It may not seem like much, but just think of it as practice. You're getting paid a penny a word to improve your writing skills. That's not a bad deal.

With Textbroker, you grab articles to write out of a pool. After submitting an article, and once it is approved, money goes into your Textbroker account. Every Friday, all the money in your Textbroker account gets paid into your Paypal account. It's a pretty good deal for someone who wants to start getting paid for writing. The more you improve, the higher your rank will get. The higher your rank, the more you get paid per word.

At level four, you may get a personal invite to "try out" for level five. To get level five you must pass a difficult grammar test. Then they review your more recent articles, and judge whether or not you have what it takes to be a level five writer. If they accept you to write for level five, you make five cents a word. You could easily make a good income as a level five writer, even if you did nothing else. At any time, if they feel your writing is not up to your rank's standards, they will lower your rank.

I made level five earlier this year. It's good money that I make on the side, but I focus most of my attention on creating my own products. I usually write an article on Textbroker as a warm-up before I start working on my own stuff.

So, if you're a US or UK resident, I definitely recommend signing up for Textbroker. It's a great way to get paid while working on your writing skills. Also, make sure to check out the author blog on there. It has a lot of great tips to help improve your writing.

To your success,

Steve

Hey,

I would say the article isn't bad for fiverr clients who need it to spin and blast for useless backlinks (no disrespect meant by this comment).

I'm not exactly a great writer either, but I would have referred to him as "Stone Cold" throughout. Perhaps you could have opened with one of his quotes too. A lot of it just doesn't flow and I find myself stopping all the time because one word doesn't complement the other.

Kinda like I do when I have to read back my own writing haha xD

Maybe I'm missing something... Isn't a huge chunk of the Internet in Spanish? Is there not then a large market for articles written in Spanish? If OP is a native Spanish speaker/writer, perhaps he can make his .04/word writing in his native tongue instead of struggling to port his thoughts over to English (at least until he's improved)?

I agree with this. I will be focusing on articles with less words for now, so I can easily edit.

.008 for 500 words is $4. I don't see what's wrong with $4? Trolls.

Isn't Steve Wozniak the technical genius who sparked the personal computer industry?

Mahlon

if want to be good writer.. some one must be have good skill's in english ,
higher skill, higher prices

I must say this is a great thread.

Great pointers for everyone including me!

Well done everyone

I mostly skimmed through the last paragraphs, and noticed a lot of grammatical errors. You should work on that. That reason is enough for clients to avoid even hiring you, let alone pay premium charges.

$0.04 is really cheap for one article . But one article atleast need to be up to 200 words only seen to be an article.
If your article is good and quality , people might spend 100 times to paid you with one article.

I think that the reasearch time doesn't count since that depends on your skill.

Idk, 0.04 I would pay you 0.04 for word in change of a perfect english

You charges are too much for me... however .02 sounds ok if your quality is good.