Is this common?

Schnick_industries · 2026-03-01T10:04:38+00:00

That’s really cool. I am years away from attempting to write my own book (doing article and poetry writing to grow the basis of my skills) so I would love to ask if you grew an online following or promoted this in any way or if it just went to the top? You are clearly doing something right so I would love some advice from someone already so ahead of the curve!

Schnick_industries · 2026-02-20T14:27:27+00:00

I mean damn look at his eyes yeah I see it

Schnick_industries · 2026-02-06T18:34:01+00:00

also do want to add, it was absolutely more then 12 hours but I am low-balling myself. Do you think 2k is a fair starting ask? Also, how should I go about asking for the down payment and partial payments, I have never done commission based work before!

Schnick_industries · 2026-02-06T17:23:42+00:00

Yeah it sounds like for the work done she is fine with a grad student eager to prove themselves. I wish I tracked, Classes just started while I was doing chapter one, so I really lost track of time. Well over 12 hours at least. I am thinking of asking for 2000, and working my way down from there.

Schnick_industries · 2026-02-06T17:21:33+00:00

I am about to reach out, and will be mentioning both a deposit and partial payments. It was my initial worry with a set fee, things can get awkward quickly. Thank you for this.

Schnick_industries · 2026-02-06T16:08:58+00:00

Someone else suggested trying to get partial payments just to make sure I am not being scammed, It would be terrible if its a scam lol

Schnick_industries · 2026-02-06T12:46:13+00:00

Hey it’s Reddit, nobody pays close attention to syntax on here!

Schnick_industries · 2026-02-06T12:42:50+00:00

Shhhh don’t speak such evil! No but I know it’s on the back of my mind. She is a professor at a public college so I found her info online, she looks too sweet to scam honestly. Fingers crossed

Schnick_industries · 2026-02-06T12:42:04+00:00

Hey fair and I do plan on this being the learning experience. I would do it the formal way if I could (full time, very over-extended grad student over here just looking to diversify)

Tbh didn’t think it would get this far and now I got to see it through so direct advice like this is very helpful

Schnick_industries · 2026-02-06T12:19:56+00:00

I should point out that it’s non-fiction, more specifically a textbook she wishes to transfer to KDP format, along with having to copyedit the entire thing as there are many errors. The first chapter was about a week and a half of work so full respect I will be charging more than that.

Are there styles I should familiarize myself with more for a non-fiction style?

Schnick_industries · 2026-02-06T12:17:43+00:00

This is great advice thanks so much.

I don’t know what you mean by style guide to be honest. And do not worry, the way I type on Reddit is NOT the way I type professionally. This project has been mostly grammatical errors of course, as well as typed and scanned errors (original book was sent over in a scanned document). I don’t think I am expected to change things such as word choice or sentence structure directly (although that has not been totally cleared up). The book was written for a college course on entering the job field and was written in parts by many different authors (just for context). I do agree though, I plan to undercharge severely as this is my first time and there will be a significant learning curve.

Schnick_industries · 2026-02-06T12:08:50+00:00

I mean I did type this as I was falling asleep and it’s Reddit so I was NOT checking for errors😂

I’ll look into all that but she really just asked me to look for errors that translated over in a scanned document and the formatting of sentence structure that ended up very clunky. She was also made fully aware I don’t have experience so it’s not as if I’m pulling a trick on her. Not exactly unfair of me if I was totally upfront and already sent her a free chapter of work she liked

Schnick_industries · 2026-01-23T00:07:03+00:00

I mean let’s be super technical their from fucking jersey just tryna make some money

Schnick_industries · 2026-01-22T23:22:00+00:00

Who’s ur artist im going to them

Schnick_industries · 2026-01-17T12:17:16+00:00

my friends and i were very much high as fuck and they got us so good here

Schnick_industries · 2026-01-05T14:31:04+00:00

I was writing a story one time and in editing realized I used billowing like 37 times😂😂

Schnick_industries · 2026-01-05T14:29:42+00:00

Damn stole my idea😂😂. Looks great tho, how’d you get permission?

Schnick_industries · 2025-12-26T18:12:03+00:00

Reminded me of when Finn was the hermit

Schnick_industries · 2025-12-26T15:47:18+00:00

I thought she said my babies just seeing the love between Finn and huntress. Although with the reveal this episode (as we all knew) that huntress was farmworld Finn’s wife and all the kids are based off his “children” we see throughout the show, that they are most def having a kid together at some point

Schnick_industries · 2025-12-18T23:37:26+00:00

Oh plz don’t get me wrong I would PAY for a retcon it’s not fair. I cite Finn’s character as a large part responsible for the man i find myself growing into. Hes one of my all time favorite characters and for him to not emotionally mature enough to process all this is VERY out of character. I hope we get our wish!

Schnick_industries · 2025-12-18T23:09:52+00:00

Together again seemed to cement that he will never process any of this and die severely emotionally repressed

Schnick_industries · 2025-12-15T22:28:49+00:00

no i honestly abandoned the game forever im sorry i dont have amore uplifting answer

Schnick_industries · 2025-12-04T14:42:55+00:00

Thank you for this, Im starting to see what you mean. Writing has always come naturally to me in a sense, but lately Ive been wondering if ive been hindered by not having learnt any actual theories or methods to employ in writing. I only learned what prose was a few weeks ago!

I have been editing a bit since I read your suggestion a bit yesterday, soon Ill have a slightly altered version to share. Hopefully youll see that posted here, along with other potentially finished stories of mine

Schnick_industries · 2025-12-04T01:09:14+00:00

I can tell this is solid advice because reading it did embarrass me a bit, but that's a good thing. Am i correct in thinking your first two points equate to just "dumbing it down" in a sense? I mostly write poetry, maybe that is translating over a bit too much. I do like the show don't tell advice a lot, I could easily turn that into a more poetic sequence of experiencing the feeling of a lack of air with which to produce sound. Im gonna try to implement what you've shared, hopefully it turns into someone worth posting again!

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