Emo-ing on the Pricing System of Writing Online

I know my future contractors will come across this article and may take it as a point against me, but I plead for everybody to hear me out first.

Writing articles or books is a difficult task.  It takes effort and brain power, especially if you're writing something that is very structured and formal.

So I am wondering why writers are willing to exert so much effort in exchange for 3 dollars, 2 dollars,1 dollar.  And they're supposed to be super grateful when they do $5 each for an article.

Call me a slow writer if you will, but here is a typical set of tasks for me to accomplish a 500-word article:

• Reading around the topic EVEN IF it is one of my expertise topics.  Thinking.
• Writing a draft.  Thinking.
• Looking for official documents if possible, if not, a verifiable 3rd party  source.  For internet marketing articles, I look for information through about 2-5 books in my collection.  And these books are the newest in the industry and cost money too.  Thinking.
• Cross checking information again.  Thinking.
• We-write. Thinking.
• More changes.  Thinking.
• Final look.  Oh, I don't want to think at this point anymore. :-)

If you were the one to do these steps, you would not think all that time and effort is worth $5, no?  Moreso, $3, $2, $1.  The electricity you used to use the computer for this wouldn't even be covered with that amount.

The pricing system for online writing is a tragedy.

$10 for a more personal piece with less research is okay. But $5 for a fully-researched, well-structured article does not cover it, folks. Sorry...

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