Writing Magazine

THE WORLD OF WRITING

How much is your writing worth?

Freelances used to pennies per word tend to get very excited about markets that pay in double figures. Some of us even have tales of the glory days when a single sale to the right market could pay for a bathroom or extension.

Novelists are perhaps less likely to know their average rate per word although, again, for most of us it’s likely to be pennies at best. Some of you will no doubt be familiar with the Kindle Unlimited rate of just under half a cent per page. A page!

And here come Knowledge Academy to rub our noses in it with the best word rates ever. The training course

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