Sometimes it’s hard to figure out what you need. Cost for writing services can be charged by job, hour, or page.

Below is a list of basic writing services and typically how they are charged.

Paid by the Job

• Advertising/copywriting mail pieces (no graphics)
• Advertising/copywriting sales letter
• Articles (news, or with significant research, web-based)
• Articles (magazines)
• Articles (content/keyword)
• Articles (newspapers)
• Books (ghostwriting)
• Book reviews
• Book summaries
• Brochures (no graphics work)
• Business plans
• Editorial management (magazine/per issue)
• Grant writing
• Newsletters
• Press releases
• Resumes
• Scripts

Paid by the Hour

• Advertising copywriting
• Copyediting
• Developmental editing
• On-call Editorial
• Fact checking
• Ghostwriting
• Indexing
• Line editing
• Proofreading
• Proposals and grants
• Tech editing
• Technical writing
• Web content
• White papers

Paid by the Page

• E-books
• Indexing
• Lesson plans