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Today is the second annual Writers Worth Day, a day that was created by fellow blogger Lori Widmer as a way to raise awareness of the importance of valuing the work that we do as freelance writers. Many freelance writers sell themselves short by accepting low-paying jobs, doing writing for free and agreeing to ceaseless unpaid edits. This day is a day to help those writers learn to value their own time and talents enough for them to stop accepting inadequate pay for their work.

Freelance writers across the nation should support this issue because of the fact that those writers who do accept the low-paying jobs are impacting the industry for all of us. Every field has an average market value that customers are willing to pay for the work that they want done. When too many writers accept low-paying work, the market value goes down and it becomes more difficult for the rest of us to find good clients who are willing to pay a fair wage.

Learn more about what you can do to get involved in Writers Worth Day here.

And a thanks to About Freelance Writing which is how I learned about Writers Worth Day.