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This Week’s Freelance Writing Q&A: How Much Say Do I Have?

by Anne Wayman on August 17th, 2005

Question: Do we have a say on the way the article has been edited? I received an email from the publisher who said our articles are being edited to suit, I suppose, the general readers of their publication and they said they would flick it back to us to have a read, I wonder if this is the norm or once you’re paid, do they have exclusive right to edit the article whichever way they want to? Christine

Answer: Great question Christine! Once a publication accepts your article… read the rest of the answer.

There’s an Index to Questions & Answers here.

And f you have a question you’d like to see here, send an email to me at: anne@aboutfreelancewriting.com. Please, put Q&A in the subject line so it won’t get lost. I don’t promise to answer every question, but I’ll consider it. Know too, that when you send a question, and I do decide to publish it, I reserve the right to edit for clarity, etc.

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