TechWhirl (TECHWR-L) is a resource for technical writing and technical communications professionals of all experience levels and in all industries to share their experiences and acquire information.
For two decades, technical communicators have turned to TechWhirl to ask and answer questions about the always-changing world of technical communications, such as tools, skills, career paths, methodologies, and emerging industries. The TechWhirl Archives and magazine, created for, by and about technical writers, offer a wealth of knowledge to everyone with an interest in any aspect of technical communications.
Subject:Re: fees: charging for conceptual time From:Elna Tymes <etymes -at- LTS -dot- COM> Date:Sun, 19 Jul 1998 14:33:36 -0700
Rebecca Price wrote:
>
> For contract gigs, how do you charge for time you spend thinking
> about how to approach a problem?
Same rate as directly typing. However, while you let the informatin
perk away for awhile, I tend to make a stab at loading some of what I
know into an outline, with the understanding that I may change my mind
about where it goes, whether it's written correctly, or even if the
outline is the way I want it. The 'back brain' is doing the same task
as you're doing during this period - and after a couple of days, really
usable stuff starts coming out.
To my mind, there's no difference between typing time and thinking time.
