Freelance Writing

[nintendodude]

Hey guys! I'm trying to get into some freelance writing for a couple of hentai sites. Basically, it'd be me writing porn stories that are loosely based on pictures that will be posted (and it would be for original art, and not something from an established IP). The length of the stories would probably be about anywhere from one to three pages worth of text.The problem is, I have no idea how much to charge. This will be my first time freelance writing, so I'm very new to all of this. I was thinking of charging 15 cents a word, but not sure if that would be too high. What do you think would be a fair price for writing porn stories?

Edited June 26, 2011 by ADM

[JayDee]

I know the writer Deathstalker charges one cent a word, with a rounding up/down process (so not asking for 43.45 or whatever) and seems to do okay business with commissions - their quality is very high too. Another writer I've seen taking commissions charges two cents a word, but I don't know how successful they are. At 15 cents a word, you'd be asking 150 dollars for a 1000 word story, so probably close to 350 for three pages. You'd not find artists wanting to pay that much, ("150 dollars for two hours work? Is he shitting us?") I think, not even if they were raking in quite serious money for each picture.

Good luck, anyhow

[nintendodude]

I know the writer Deathstalker charges one cent a word, with a rounding up/down process (so not asking for 43.45 or whatever) and seems to do okay business with commissions - their quality is very high too. Another writer I've seen taking commissions charges two cents a word, but I don't know how successful they are. At 15 cents a word, you'd be asking 150 dollars for a 1000 word story, so probably close to 350 for three pages. You'd not find artists wanting to pay that much, ("150 dollars for two hours work? Is he shitting us?") I think, not even if they were raking in quite serious money for each picture.

Good luck, anyhow

Okay, thanks for the advice. I'd feel comfortable asking 3 to 5 cents a word. Any less and I wouldn't feel like it'd be worth my time, to be totally honest. Do you think that sounds fair?

Edited July 10, 2011 by ADM

[JayDee]

I dunno, in the end it's gonna come down to supply and demand isn't it? If you can find people who're willing to pay what you're willing to work for, it'll seem fair If people aren't willing to pay it, or you aren't willing to work for it, you won't be supplying the service anyway!

Since me writing is just a bit of a hobby I don't take that seriously I've never really considered what amount I'd think it fair to work for.