How much should a freelance writer charge for writing short stories?

Do not charge per hour. You will write more stories per hour as you get better at writing short stories. If you charge by the hour, you will be limited as to how much money you can make as you will be limited by the number of hours a day you work.

From Copyblogger.com -quote time is not money, it’s more important than money -endquote A better choice is to charge per story. The more you author short stories, the more experience you will have both at writing short stories and working with clients. Your best bet is to charge a set price per story and gradually raise that price as time goes by.

A good rule to go by is to increase your price every year. It’s a good idea to announce that increase in price throughout the month before you increase it on Twitter and Facebook. How much you charge to start and how much you increase it by will depend on how much you want or need to make and how much you think your services are worth.

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