• HOME
  • ABOUT
  • BLOG
  • WORK
  • PRESS
  • STORE
  • DATA BABY
  • CONSULTING
  • EMAIL
  • HOME
  • ABOUT
  • BLOG
  • WORK
  • PRESS
  • STORE
  • DATA BABY
  • CONSULTING
  • EMAIL

SUSANNAH BRESLIN

susannahbreslin@gmail.com

How Much I Got Paid: #2

December 13, 2013  /  Susannah Breslin

Women's Health Online

Women's Health Online

Title: "What No One Tells You About Breast Cancer"

Publication: Women's Health Online

Date: October 1, 2013

Word count: 517

Payment: $1,000

Notes: I was approached by an editor at Women's Health Online to write this essay. They were doing a series of stories on breast cancer for National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and this would be the inaugural essay. She asked me what I charge. I responded, "These days, I mostly work in the $3/word vein." This is called bluffing. She offered me $1,000. I agreed. I spent about an hour working on a first draft of the essay. That version was gut-wrenching, complex, and probably not a fit for the venue. I spent an hour or two writing what would be the final draft of the story. That version is straightforward, simple, and uplifting. The essay includes before-and-after photos of what I looked like during chemo (bald) and what I looked like after (not bald).

Conclusion: How much I got paid < cost of cancer treatment.

[How Much I Got Paid]

2 Likes
tags / HEALTH, CANCER, JOURNALISM, WRITING, HOW MUCH I GOT PAID, MONEY, BUSINESS, FREELANCING
Newer  /  December 13, 2013
Drone Porn
Older December 12, 2013
Banned in Australia

Powered by Squarespace. Background image by Flickr user 5chw4r7z.