Comments on: 10 Reasons for Difficult Clients or Why Your Clients Aren’t as Difficult as You Think http://www.freelancewritinggigs.com/2009/08/10-reasons-for-difficult-clients-or-why-your-clients-arent-as-difficult-as-you-think/ Freelance Writing Jobs for All Writers Mon, 13 Feb 2012 06:14:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: 85 Hacks to Help Your Freelance Writing Career : Freelance Writing Jobs http://www.freelancewritinggigs.com/2009/08/10-reasons-for-difficult-clients-or-why-your-clients-arent-as-difficult-as-you-think/comment-page-1/#comment-116892 85 Hacks to Help Your Freelance Writing Career : Freelance Writing Jobs Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:53:21 +0000 http://www.freelancewritinggigs.com/?p=4731#comment-116892 [...] doing things a certain way. Your client is paying you to handle his project. He may not be difficult as much as he wants to be sure the job is being done and he’s getting his money’s [...] [...] doing things a certain way. Your client is paying you to handle his project. He may not be difficult as much as he wants to be sure the job is being done and he’s getting his money’s [...]

]]> By: Freelance Writing Jobs for August 4, 2009 : Freelance Writing Jobs for Web and Print http://www.freelancewritinggigs.com/2009/08/10-reasons-for-difficult-clients-or-why-your-clients-arent-as-difficult-as-you-think/comment-page-1/#comment-104754 Freelance Writing Jobs for August 4, 2009 : Freelance Writing Jobs for Web and Print Tue, 04 Aug 2009 13:23:01 +0000 http://www.freelancewritinggigs.com/?p=4731#comment-104754 [...] 10 Reasons for Difficult Clients: Or Why Your Clients Aren’t as Difficult as You Think [...] [...] 10 Reasons for Difficult Clients: Or Why Your Clients Aren’t as Difficult as You Think [...]

]]> By: Lisa http://www.freelancewritinggigs.com/2009/08/10-reasons-for-difficult-clients-or-why-your-clients-arent-as-difficult-as-you-think/comment-page-1/#comment-104432 Lisa Sun, 02 Aug 2009 14:22:35 +0000 http://www.freelancewritinggigs.com/?p=4731#comment-104432 Nice piece. The reality is that most real clients -- corporate or non-profit -- are indeed hiring you to build a product. Their product. It can be confusing to new writers, since writing is so often considered to be an art as opposed to a craft. But if you were hiring an architect to design your home, a decorator to decorate it, or a gardener to conceive and plant a garden, wouldn't you be on top of them, checking their direction and ensuring that everything is being done well and to your taste? In many ways, a writer for hire and an architect, gardener or decorator for hire are analogous. We're hired for our creative abilities -- but also for our technical knowledge and ability. And in the long run, the product we're creating is intended to please and represent someone who isn't us! Lisa Nice piece. The reality is that most real clients — corporate or non-profit — are indeed hiring you to build a product. Their product. It can be confusing to new writers, since writing is so often considered to be an art as opposed to a craft.

But if you were hiring an architect to design your home, a decorator to decorate it, or a gardener to conceive and plant a garden, wouldn’t you be on top of them, checking their direction and ensuring that everything is being done well and to your taste?

In many ways, a writer for hire and an architect, gardener or decorator for hire are analogous. We’re hired for our creative abilities — but also for our technical knowledge and ability. And in the long run, the product we’re creating is intended to please and represent someone who isn’t us!

Lisa

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