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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2013-12-08 03:47 pm

[ SECRET POST #2532 ]


⌈ Secret Post #2532 ⌋

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Re: what on earth

(Anonymous) 2013-12-09 12:17 am (UTC)(link)
The person edited the listing, he's not paying $50, he's paying $30 tops. Since he wants two 5K scenes, that's .003 of a cent per word, an insultingly low offer for a ghost written work, especially when you're essentially giving up your rights to it. How would you feel if this (miraculously and against the odds) guy's novel became a hot bestseller and he raked in 50 Shades of Gray-level money and all you got was $30?

This is called "work for hire". You would have no legal recourse for any portion of those royalties because you were paid upfront, with no other expectation of payment. You would not own those scenes even if you wrote them. That's why ghost writers charge a hell of a lot more than .003 a word-- because that's all they're getting, end of story. Those are just the technical reasons why this is a bad idea. It's also a bad idea because this guy is one of those assholes who thinks writing is near-worthless, and he should get it for practically free. We shouldn't encourage that kind of thinking because it's BS.



So, all that for providing what is almost certainly a cheap bastard's wank material, assuming he actually coughs up your money? HELL NO.