Writer Follow-Up Survey - Abby Across America!

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Types of Contracts Available

Types of Work You'd Like to Be Considered For

Before any writing or speaking takes place, I work with each client to identify the topic of their book and to create an outline detailing each chapter. Everything below follows this critical step.

Transcription Cleanup/Editing -- Our client speaks their book while they are being recorded. This recording is then professionally transcribed. Your job would be to listen to the recording, cleanup the transcription, and rewrite "spoken words" as "written words". Turnaround time requested is typically two days for smaller batches.
Be a Writer Buddy -- Our client will write their book themselves with help from you. This is an ongoing relationship that may last from 2-10 weeks. You will revise each chapter as they write it and guide them along the way.
Editing -- Just before the book goes to print, you'll be the "final pair of eyes" to review the document. If significant changes are needed, the client or writer may make these changes and hand it back to you for a "final" final edit.

Please check ALL that apply:

Transcription Cleanup/Editing (from "Speak Your Book")
Be a Writer Buddy
Editing

One Time Project Edting "Negative" Writing

We have one client who is doing their own writing and has a strong "negative" tone to their writing. Their intent is to use their book to impress future recruiters for jobs they apply for. Are you someone who is really strong with reframing things in a positive tone? Honestly, there's some artistry involved in accomplishing this so I expect this task is not for everyone.

Yes, I'd be great at this.
No thanks.

Writer Buddy Collaborator*

I'd like to talk with one of you to brainstorm some guidelines for our "writing buddy" path. (If interested, I'll ask you below what you'd want to be paid for your time.)

I have ideas, let's talk.
No thanks.

Writer Buddy Collaborator Rate*

I'm thinking we can get this done in about an hour over the phone. Please specify what rate you'd like to be paid to help me with this brainstorm session. Provide either a fixed project price or a hourly rate.

Bio Writer

Each book we create will potentially have 3 bios:

Back of Book Bio -- The final chapter in the book will be an "About the Author" section which will be a space for their bio. The word count will likely be less than 350 words.
Back Cover Bio -- The back cover has room for approximately 100 words for a bio. This will likely be a trimmed version of the bio written for the inside of the book.
Web Site Bio -- Some clients are having a web site created for them. This version of the bio may be of any length.

Ideally, I'd like to choose a single writer to write all of the bios we have in queue. Before we begin we'll discuss what you'll want from each of our clients in order to write the bio. (We expect that you'll want at least their resume and LinkedIn profile) In some cases, you'll be provided with the bio the client is currently using. You'll be entitled to copy directly from their resume and LinkedIn profile as needed.

Yes, let's write some bios!
No thanks.

Can you recommend a contractor for document layout?

We have a document template we're using for every book we're producing. We are looking for a contractor who can take an unformatted Word document and apply the formatting from our template. Since they will only be using the existing styles, this resource is a junor level candidate at a rate significantly below what we'd pay a writer/editor.

I can teach the process to someone with a basic familiarity of Word, who is detail oriented, and has a good work ethic.

Can you recommend someone who might be able to perform this role? If you'd like to recommend yourself, please include an hourly rate you'd want for this type of work. I'm an advocate of "split billing" where different tasks pay different rates.

Can you recommend a contractor for basic graphics design?

We're looking for a junor level candidate who can assist with preparing our cover designs. We're using pre-built book cover templates so a basic framework is already in place. They'll select one or more of the templates and prepare "mock ups" using photos from our stock photography account. Photoshop experience is required. Do you have someone you can recommend?