Feb 04 2009
Get Started on Another Writing Project
A few days ago, I wrote about my hesitation to apply for a freelance writing job with a government organisation. In the project description, I was asked to suggest some titles for a 600-700 word article. I came up with five titles pretty easily. I also asked them to suggest titles if they have any, so I could write about them.
The coordinator has replied to my email asking me to write samples based on 3 out of the 5 articles I suggested. I have done some research on them and trying very hard to get inspiration to write them. My daughter is taking a nap this afternoon and I’m here blogging away, instead of writing my articles.
I’m giving myself until tomorrow afternoon to complete all three articles. I have a small concern though. There does not seem to be any contract written for this assignment. Any agreement seems to be based on email correspondences. I wonder how safe it would be to write for them. The government organisation is definitely legitimate and the email address has been verified. I’m aware of scams out there and I hope I don’t fall for any.
One of the scheming techniques scammers use is to post a job online on sites such as Craigslist and request for 10 articles to be written, in order to apply for a freelance writing job. Once the articles have been sent in, they don’t pay the writers. What’s more, they get 10 articles for free. They then use those softwares to regenerate the articles to look original. Make sure you don’t fall for these types of scams, alright? Any other scam stories you have heard of? Come and share them with everyone here.
