Plenty, says Joe Donatelli. By treating every story equally, and every writer equally, pay-per-word degrades both the best writers and the best stories: "I calculate how many hours the story will take and multiply that number times my hourly fee. This is what other professionals do. They give an estimate and a rate. As far as I know, freelance writers are the only professionals who charge for their services so arbitrarily. It’s like paying a carpenter by the nail."
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