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AmSAW-Recommended
Minimum Freelance Writing
Rates
The following are suggestions for minimal
writing/editing rates put
forth to help facilitate your quotes for various writing projects.
Note: The industry standard for a "page" is 250 words. To
determine the number of pages, take total word count and divide by 250.
ADVERTISING WRITING (COPYWRITING)
Includes the creation of
all commercial marketing, promotional, sales, and advertising copy
and supportive material
Copywriting (Creating Conventional, Print, Media, and Digital
Copy)
$50.00 to $100.00 / Hour
$350.00 to $600.00 / Day
$1,000.00 to $2,500.00 / Week
$2,000.00 to $3,000.00 / Month (Retainer)
Direct-Mail Package Copywriting (Creating Direct-Mail
Letters, Response Cards, and Related Advertising Materials)
$50.00 to $115.00 / Hour
$2,500.00 to $10,000.00 / Project Depending upon Complexity
Additional Production
Charges should be made for additional
production, including but not limited to desktop publishing,
addressing, photography, graphic design, production, etc.
Press Release Creation
$350.00 to $500.00 / Release
Sales Letter
$400.00 to $2,000.00 / Project Depending upon Complexity
EDITORIAL WRITING
Includes the creation of
original reading material, for enjoyment or personal knowledge,
whether fiction or nonfiction, publishable as books, articles,
Websites, blogs, or via other venues
Original Fiction and Creative Writing
40 to 80 Cents /
Word
$100.00 to $200.00 / 250-Word Page
Original Nonfiction Reporting and Technical
Writing
40 to 80 Cents /
Word
$100.00 to $200.00 / 250-Word Page
Ghostwriting, Co-Writing, Rewriting, and Book
Doctoring
40 to 80 Cents / Word
$100.00 to $200.00 / 250-Word Page
Resume Writing
$50.00 to $100.00 / Page
Web Content Writing
10 to 40 Cents / Word
$25.00 to $100.00 / 250-Word Page
EDITING
AND PROOFREADING
Basic (Light Conceptual and
Copy Editing Plus Minor Rewriting, Spell-Checking, and Proofreading)
3 to 5 Cents
/ Word
$7.50 to $12.50 / 250-Word Page
Heavy (Substantial Conceptual
and Copy Editing Plus Fact-Checking, Major Rewriting,
Spell-Checking, and
Proofreading)
10 to 30 Cents
/ Word
$25.00 to $75.00 / 250-Word Page
MEDIA
Includes all non-print
renderings, whether visual or audible, fiction or nonfiction,
destined for reading and/or performance
Screenplay (Dramatic Full-Length)
50 Cents
to $1.00 / Word
$125.00 to $250.00 / 250-Word Page
Script (Dramatic
Television/Radio/Other)
50 Cents
to $1.00 / Word
$125.00 to $250.00 / 250-Word Page
Script (Nonfiction
Television/Radio/Film/Other)
$1.00 to $2.00 / Word
$250.00 to $500.00 / 250-Word Page
Ghostwriting, Co-Writing, Rewriting, and Script
Doctoring
40 to 80 Cents /
Word
$100.00 to $200.00 / 250-Word Page
Editing
(General/Copy and Conceptual Editing and Fact-Checking)
10 to 30 Cents
/ Word
$25.00 to $75.00 / 250-Word Page
TUTORIAL, MENTORING,
AND
INSTRUCTIONAL
Includes all
instructional presentation material on how to write better,
regardless of subject matter, genre, or fiction/nonfiction
$50.00 to $200.00 / Hour Depending upon Skills
and Experience of Instructor
ADDITIONAL
Include reimbursement
for out-of-pocket expenditures, such as postage, shipping, telephone
calls, travel, etc., billed to the client at least monthly for
longer projects or daily for shorter gigs.
Also, never enter into an agreement
without an expressly written Writer-for-Hire contract, and don't
forget to include some kind of cancellation clause, whereby you
specify that should the client cancel before the completion of a
project, you will bill and be paid immediately for all accepted work
delivered by you up to that point or, in lieu of that, a specific
flat-rate "Kill Fee."
For payment for projects
likely to last two months or less, we recommend one-half payable upon
agreement and remainder payable upon project completion. For
projects likely to last for longer than two months, we recommend
one-half payable upon agreement and the remainder split into
equal monthly installments.
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