The worst part about freelancing...

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Is definitely pitching stories. I loathe it. I'm a person with many ideas (not lately, unfortunately), but framing them in an attractive way is hard work... Can I hear a "hell yeah?" I'm grumpy for this very reason today.

― Yancey (ystrickler), Monday, 9 September 2002 20:41 (twenty-one years ago) link

the worst part about freelancing is when the work dries up!!

― jess (dubplatestyle), Monday, 9 September 2002 21:38 (twenty-one years ago) link

(hint, hint.)

― jess (dubplatestyle), Monday, 9 September 2002 21:41 (twenty-one years ago) link

(also, i've never had to be in a freelancing position where i've had to particularly pitch anything, but yes, it strikes me as essentially demeaning. not as demeaning as working midnight cleanup in a slaughterhouse spraying 180 degree high pressure hoses of chlorine and water for six-eight hours and getting down in the rendering vats to remove a clog and being overcome with hydrogren fumes and possibly dying as your coworkers try to rescue you, mind. but, uh, yeah.)

― jess (dubplatestyle), Monday, 9 September 2002 21:49 (twenty-one years ago) link

jess that doesn't sound demeaning, it sounds kind of risky and advanced! now, retail- that's deameaning.

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Tuesday, 10 September 2002 05:57 (twenty-one years ago) link

the worst part about freestyling is when you get some other rappers rhyme in your head and you want to just play with a bit of it but you end up spitting like ten bars of his shit

― simon trife (simon_tr), Tuesday, 10 September 2002 06:00 (twenty-one years ago) link

Been there!

― James Blount, Tuesday, 10 September 2002 07:26 (twenty-one years ago) link

Yes, they started repeating "I'm Alan Partridge" last night. The scene where AP tries to pitch visionary ideas like arm-wrestling with Chas and Dave, prison cookery and monkey tennis will probably resemble similar upcoming meeting with myself and Mr Young at the Wire.

― Marcello Carlin, Tuesday, 10 September 2002 09:56 (twenty-one years ago) link

Monkey Tennis!

― James Blount, Tuesday, 10 September 2002 14:35 (twenty-one years ago) link

I freaking HATE pitching as well. But guessing from my batting average lately as to how many of my pitches have been greeted enthusiastically, I think I might actually be OK at it.

Which is good, cause I'm gearing up to suggest the NUDE ANDREW SCOTT COVER ISSUE!!! Whooo!!!

― kate, Tuesday, 10 September 2002 15:24 (twenty-one years ago) link

can i pitch jerry a Nude Guatemalan Indian Who Barely Speaks Any Spanish Let Alone Anglish And Cleans Out The Rendering Vats cover issue?

― jess (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 10 September 2002 15:34 (twenty-one years ago) link

You know what I hate about having a real job? HAVING TO HAVE A REAL JOB! Having to sit in a chair in front of a computer 40 hours a week with a boss looking over my shoulder! Doing completely meaningless busy work because there's nothing for me to do! Being completely unqualified to do anything else!
Quit your whining, hippy.

― Nick A., Tuesday, 10 September 2002 15:39 (twenty-one years ago) link

spot the fun logical leaps in nick's post, kids!

― jess (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 10 September 2002 15:42 (twenty-one years ago) link

Ahh, but Nick... William & Mary makes us qualified for anything!

Seriously though. I still have a day job, Mr. Neek. And it might even be worse than yours.

― Yancey (ystrickler), Tuesday, 10 September 2002 15:52 (twenty-one years ago) link

I always find the worst thing about pitching stories is having them turned down. THAT's demeaning.

― M Matos (M Matos), Tuesday, 10 September 2002 21:37 (twenty-one years ago) link

Yeah, getting turned down blows. Particularly if you went into great detail in researching the piece before you pitched it.

Thankfully my grumpiness from yesterday has subsided. Strangely, I had all of these opportunities arise at once in the last few days, but a dearth of good ideas arrived simultaneously. Things are looking up, however.

― Yancey (ystrickler), Tuesday, 10 September 2002 21:47 (twenty-one years ago) link

No one wants to publish Recovering Catholics Who Rock.

Guy Oseary won't help me out -- he hasn't returned any of my calls.

That's some shit.

― Andy K (Andy K), Tuesday, 10 September 2002 21:55 (twenty-one years ago) link

can i pitch jerry a Nude Guatemalan Indian Who Barely Speaks Any Spanish Let Alone Anglish And Cleans Out The Rendering Vats cover issue?

Hmm, someone's reading Fast Food Nation, maybe...?

― Diego Hadis (dhadis), Wednesday, 11 September 2002 16:21 (twenty-one years ago) link

how did you guess? haha

seriously though, this thread kinda makes me ill.

― jess (dubplatestyle), Wednesday, 11 September 2002 16:26 (twenty-one years ago) link

Anglish?

― David R. (popshots75`), Wednesday, 11 September 2002 17:29 (twenty-one years ago) link

fifteen years pass...

Sometimes it feels like some companies go out of their way to make invoicing as tedious and unaccommodating as possible

― Evan R, Tuesday, 17 April 2018 16:57 (six years ago) link

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